Cosc 200 Links
Textbook Related Materials
Template Files (right click on these links and save the targets where you need
them)
Java Documentation from Sun
Downloads for Personal Computers
- J2SE 5.0 JDK.
This is the Java 2 Standard Edition Version 5.0 Java Development Kit. You
need this to compile and run applications and applets. In what follows, it
is assumed that you install J2SE 5.0 JDK in the folder C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0.
- J2SE 5.0 Documentation.
Helpful but not necessary. Unzip the downloaded file in the folder C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0.
- objectdraw.jar. This file is necessary
to compile and run programs that use the objectdraw package. Place this file
into the folder C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\jre\lib\ext.
- Objectdraw Documentation. Helpful
but not necessary. Unzip the downloaded file in the folder C:\Program
Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\docs.
- JCreator. This is the integrated
development environment (IDE) used on campus for Cosc 200. It is helpful,
but not essential because you could use a console window or one of the other
IDEs described below. JCreator is Windows based. For this course, I recommend
the free version. There is a professional version with more features, but
you will have to spend money for features you are not likely to use.
- JGrasp. This free alternative
IDE is implemented in Java and so should work in any computer environment
that runs Java. This would be a good choice if you have a Mac or Unix based
machine.
- Eclipse. Another alternative IDE that
is implemented in Java and so should work in any computer environment that
runs Java. This appears to be the "hot" IDE of the moment.
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