# Important Concepts: Project Planning

Before starting this tutorial, you should review the information in Beans in Java WorkShop. Bean components provide the means to write Java code--and to use that code again and again.

The exercises in Tutorial 8 show you how to create a digital clock that displays the current time and date. The Clock project will contain the following beans:

- Clock. Displays the time and date.
- Marquee. Displays a scrolling message.
- SoundPlayer. Plays an audio sound.

The DeskClock project uses the beans listed above to create the clock application.

The clock application will look like this:

Next lesson:

  Exercise 1: Copying the Project Source Files