CSE 1001 & CSE 1002

STUDENT RESOURCESFor JAVA Programming

Development

William Slavinsky

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. The Java SE Development Kit (JDK)2. The Java SE 6 Documentation3. Text Editors

a) XemEmacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs [22.2])b) acs (www.xemacs.org/Download [21.4.21])c) Irfanview (www.irfanview.com [4.10])d) Note Pade) Vi Editorf) Vim Editorg) Word Pad

The Java SE Development Kit (JDK)YOU MUST SIGN ON TO THE COMPUTER THAT YOU WISH TO

INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE AS ADMINISTRATOR.

1. Go to www.java.sun.com/javase/downloads/

COMMAND-LINE TOOLS to run APPLICATIONS and APPLETS

1. Click on START>Run>cmd>OK2. Define the path to where your Application or Applet is

stored.1) To change drive location type the capital letter of the drive,

colon, <Enter>. For example: H:<Enter> results …H:\> and a flashing underline symbol awaiting your next entry.

2) To change a file and go down the tree one level use cd <file name> <Enter>. For example: cd CSE1002Summer2008 <Enter> results … H:\CSE1002Summer2008\> and a flashing underline symbol awaiting your next entry.

3) To remove a file and go back one level up the tree use cd..<enter>

To check for the version of Java installed on your PC

1. Click on START>Run>cmd>OK2. Type: java –version <Enter>

To check the path for Java

1. Click on START>Run>cmd>OK2. Type: set<Enter>• CLASSPATH=.;C:\devtools\junit\junit-4.3.1.jar;C:\

devtools\junitx\junit-3.7.jar;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\lib\ext\QTJava.zip …

• Path=c:\... ;c:\devtoools\java\JDK1.6.0_01\bin; … ; c:\program files\java\JDK1.6.0_01\bin …

• QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\lib\ext\QTJava.zip …

FIT LAB PCs

1. The PATH must be set each time a LAB PC is used as follows:

PATH= %PATH%; C:\ProgramFiles\java\jdk1.6.0_01\bin

1) The”jdk1.6.0_01” must be the version installed on the Lab PC being used.

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

1) BlueJ (www.bluej.org) 2) DrJava (www.drjava.org)3) Eclipse (www.eclipse.org)4) Jcreator (www.jcreator.com/download.htm)5) JGRASP (www.jgrasp.org)6) NetBeans (www.netbeans.org)7) NotePad (www.notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/)

Text Editors

1. Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs [22.2])2. Xemacs (www.xemacs.org/Download [21.4.21])3. Irfanview (www.irfanview.com [4.10])4. Note Pad (www.notepad-plus.sourcegorge.net)5. Vi Editor6. Vim Editor

7. Word Pad (Installed with Windows XP)1.

BlueJ*

BlueJ is an IDE developed at a university. It was createdspecifically for beginning Java students and is available for MacOS, Windows, and other systems atwww.bluej.org/download/download.htmlBlueJ requires that you already have Java installed. Windows users should download and install the JDK from Sun, as described previously. MacOS users will already have Java installed by default.Installation instructions are available at the above URL.

*From appendix 1 of class text.

DrJava

DrJava has BUG that breaks compilation in the Windows exe.

Eclipse*

Eclipse is an open-source IDE for Linux, MacOS,and Windows that is available at:www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Eclipse requires that you already have Java installed. Linux and Windows users should download and install the appropriate JDK from Sun, as described previously. MacOS users will already have Java installed by default.

Installation instructions are available at the above URL.*From appendix 1 of class text.

Jcreator

Jcreator is an IDE created for Windows and is available at:

www.jcreator.com/download.htmJcreator requires that you already have the JDK

and the docs (API) downloaded from Sun and installed on your computer prior to installing jcreator.

Installation instructions are available at the above URL.

JGRASP

JGRASP is an IDE developed at Auburn University