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We will use the simulation and visualization tool JFLAP when we work with DFA's, and perhaps a bit later on as well. It is free.
It runs best as a Java application; the easiest thing for most people will be to download a copy and run it on your own machine (Linux, Mac, or PC).
To download JFLAP, go to the JFLAP website, fill in the form that asks for some information, and then when taken to the download page get the file JFLAP.jar that is listed near the top, currently Version 6.4 as of July 2008.
I will not help people with problems installing or running JFLAP on Windows; I don't especially expect problems, but, while I hack, cook, clean, and take care of my children, I don't do Windows!
Email me if you'd like a copy of JFLAP to be installed on the department Unix machines.
The optional book is a guide to JFLAP; it is fairly cheap but you can certainly manage without it.
Prof. Bob Sloan, January 13, 2009
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