Transcript Getting Ready for Java

Getting Ready for CIT591
8-Apr-17
Registering and labs
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If you are not yet registered (and want to be), be sure I
have your name and student ID
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Once you are registered, CETS will create an account
for you that you can use in Moore 207
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We will get you registered as quickly as possible
Audits will not be permitted
This may take an extra day
Before you come to lab on Friday, go to Moore 207
and make sure you can log in there
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If you can’t, contact CETS immediately
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What You Need
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It’s really convenient to have your own computer
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Download and install Java (JDK 6 update 2)
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http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
This includes the JRE, so don’t install that separately
At the same time, download and install Java SE 6 Documentation (from
the same web page)
Download and install Eclipse Classic 3.3
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Virtually any Windows computer made within the last three or four years
(and some a lot older than that) will be fine
If Macintosh, must run Mac OS X, preferably Panther (10.4)
If your computer is too slow, and you can add RAM, do so
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
By the way: the JDK and Eclipse are free
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Java for Macintosh
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If you have OS X, you already have Java, but you will
not have the latest version
If you do not have OS X, you have to get it--earlier
versions will not run Java 5 or 6
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The latest version publicly available for the Mac is Java 5,
also known as Java 1.5, also known as Java 2 version 5
The best way to get Java 6 is to join the Apple Developer
Connection
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http://developer.apple.com/
Last I knew, the basic membership is free
If you can’t get Java 6 right away, don’t worry about it; most
of what we need is in Java 5
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Getting Eclipse
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You should have Java installed before you install Eclipse
If you Google for “Eclipse”:
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Click on the download link
 You will get a zip file; unzip it
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The first hit is the home page, http://www.eclipse.org/
The second hit is “Eclipse Downloads,”
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads
The current version (Sept. 2007) is Eclipse Classic 3.3
No further “installation” is necessary (assuming your Java is installed
correctly)
Run the eclipse.exe file
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You will be asked to choose a folder for a “workspace” (mine is called
workspace); do so
No further configuration is necessary
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Vocabulary I
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JRE, Java Runtime Environment
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JDK, Java Development Kit (previously called SDK,
System Development Kit)
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This is the software that allows you to run Java programs on
your computer
The software that allows you to create and run Java programs
on your computer
When you install the SDK, you get a JRE along with it
IDE, Integrated Development Environment
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A tool that makes it easier to write programs
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The End
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