CS256: Computer Science I

Pete Nordquist

CS256 exams and gradebook will be on moodle

Official Java Documentation:

The Java API. - Describes all the standard Java packages – this is a very useful link.

Steps to Install Java Development Environment

These steps must be done in order. Your computer likely has some version of the Java runtime environment (JRE) already, but you need the development kit (JDK) in order to write programs.

1. To setup the java SDK on your home (windows) computer:

See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

Download and install the latest Java SE JDK for your operating system. You do not need any of the bundles (Java EE, JavaFX SDK, or NetBeans)

2. Java Integrated Development Environment Tools:

Download and install JGRASP from JGRASP site for download of JGRASP free IDE

Here are a couple of JGrasp hints:

Start jGRASP
File | New File | java – opens a window into which you can type java source code.

You might not need to do the following in the newest JGrasp:

Compiler | Debug mode – check the checkbox. Causes the compiler to generate debugging information, which you must have to run the debugger.
You may also want to do the following: Settings | Open CSD windows maximized. Causes jGRASP to open all source code windows as large as possible.