DrJava
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The Java programming environment used in CS1110 is DrJava, a free Integrated Development Environment (IDE). DrJava was developed by Professor Corky Cartwright at Rice University. Both DrJava and a professional IDE called Codewarrior are installed on computers in CIT labs in the Engineering Quad. If you have problems, and if you have a laptop, the best thing to do is to bring it in to someone to look at.
You need a Java virtual machine You will need the Java software development kit (JDK) from the Sun website. If you have a Macintosh with Mac OS X, you almost certainly have the JDK installed already, so you don't have to download it. If you are using a PC running a version of Windows, chances are that you don't have the JDK yet, and you can download it here. Several download options will be offered. Choose the JDK 6 Update 7. This give you the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) AND the Java Development Kit (JDK). Read the installation instructions. The Java Runtime Environment allows you to run Java programs, for example, Java programs that are contained in "jar files". The Jav Development Kit allows you to "compile" Java programs —i.e. to translate them into a "machine language" so they can be run by the Java Runtime Environment. The easiest thing for you to do is to download this version of DrJava: drjava-stable-20080106-0744.jar. This version should work whether you have Java 1.4.2 or Java 1.5, and we advise using it. Alternatively, download the latest version of DrJava from this web page (by clicking the link). Choose a version of DrJava to download. The page will show you several versions of DrJava. Use the Current Stable Release (runs with JDK1.5.0, see above). On a Windows PC, click either on the jar file or on Stable Windows App. You'll be sent to select a location (mirror) from which to download DrJava. You may choose any of the mirrors. Warning: you may get a dialog saying something about a "JAR archive security check". If you do, just right-click on the DrJava download link and select "Save Link As" (or the equivalent in your browser). A common DrJava problem: finding tools.jar If the system tells you that it cannot find a file called tools.jar, you need to select the correct location of that file. On a PC, it is in some place like
You can also use a desktop tool to search for this file on your computer. If you didn't set the correct path for the file tools.jar at installation time, set it after installation by going through DrJava's Preferences option. To do so, follow these menu items: Edit / Preferences / Resource Locations / Tools.jar Location. Then type or browse to the correct location. There are several ways to run DrJava:
Documentation --how to use DrJava The demos given in class and in the demo sessions should help, if you take notes. Second, information on using DrJava is in Appendix I of the course text and in Chapter 19 Chapter 19 of the accompanying CD ProgramLive. Watch the ProgramLive lectures! They are short and informative. Third, here is documention on using DrJava on the web. Do you get a message that looks like this?
It may mean that your computer has two different systems on it and is an inconsistent state. If your computer has jre5.0, then it cannot use SDK 4.7. Uninstall SDK4.7 and download JDK 5.0 and use its tools.jar. One student reported not being able to create and use a JUnit tester; he got the error message: package junit.framework does not exist. To correct this, he did the following. 1. Downloaded file junit-4.1.jar (you can do it by clicking the link). 2. Copied it into C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_10\lib. (If you are using a different jdk, then store it in the appropriate place.) 3. Opened DrJava, and hit Edit > Preferences > Resource Locations. In the popup window, in the field Extra Classpath, hit Add then clicked on the junit-4.1.jar file in the lib folder. Then hit Apply > OK. There may be slight differences depending on your operating system, but this is the general idea. |
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