Assignment: Java Programming 1 (Updated April 14th)

Assignment Information

Maximum grade:

20

Due date:

Thurs April 21, 2005

Instructions:

[More details: What you need to do to get java 1.4 (platform 2). It's suggested you download the smaller one, (52 MB) called Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard Edition 1.4.2_08. To make things easier, when you install Java click the Change button and install it into C:\Java, then you should build your source code and compile from:

C:\Java\bin\

Once you get your command prompt into the proper directory, compile with the command:

javac HelloWorldApp.java

Run your program with:

java HelloWorldApp

Last point: if you have compiler errors, check to make sure your file is named EXACTLY: HelloWorldApp.java not helloworldapp.java or something else.

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This project will require you to install java on your computer and create your first java programs. You will use notepad as your editor and run the programs on a Windows computer (preferably windows XP).

Most of the complex instructions for this assignment are located at the web address provided below, on Sun Microsystems website. Sun Microsystems invented Java and release the updates, etc.

You are to follow the web link below to Sun Microsystems and follow the tutorial there called: "Your First Cup of Java (for Microsoft Windows)" At the end of the first page (step 3) you will create a java applet. You are to upload three files after you get this working: the "HelloWorld.java" file, the "Hello.html" and a screenshot of the programing running on your computer. To take a screenshot, hold down the shift key and hit the PrintScreen key while the program is running. This will capture the image on the screen on the clipboard. To get it into a file, start up "paint" (from start/programs/accessories/paint) and select edit/paste on the menus. Your screenshot should appear. Click file/save as and name the file screenshot.jpg (make sure to save it as a jpg, not a bmp or it will be too big to upload easily). Print all three of these files when you have completed the tutorial.

Click to begin: Java Tutorial 1