Java fundamentals

Alarm Clock

A command-line alarm clock in pure Java: scheduling, countdown, looping audio and snooze.

Individual project

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01The product

What it does

Scheduling with ScheduledExecutorService and a live countdown.
Looping WAV sound through the Java Sound API, 5-minute snooze.
Falls back to system beeps if audio playback fails.

02Wrap-up

Takeaways

What this project proves
Concurrency, time calculations and audio resource management.

03Technology

Full stack

Java
java.util.concurrent
javax.sound.sampled