Apr 12, 2023

Getting Ready for CIT590

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Labs

Lab is scheduled for 1:30-3:00 Fridays in Moore 207 Lab is not in Towne 313 (Registrar has it wrong) Everyone is expected to attend lab

Assignments will be handed out in lab You will be assigned a partner in the lab If you cannot attend the lab:

You must tell me at least one day in advance, otherwise you will incur a 10 point penalty on your program

The penalty also applies if you are so late to lab that I think you are not coming, and reassign your partner to someone else

If you miss lab, or are very late, you may have to do the assignment without a partner

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Moore 207 Moore 207 is a Linux lab Many of you have not used Linux

It has a desktop that is very similar to the Windows or Macintosh desktop It’s not hard to figure out Don’t be afraid!

I’ll step you through a brief introduction to Linux Java is platform independent: You can easily move back and

forth between Linux and Windows or Mac The easy way to move files is to by a cheap thumb drive

We do have a lab this Friday Before the lab, please go to Moore 207 and make sure you can log in If you can't, go to the CETS office and get the problem fixed

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What You Need It’s really convenient to have your own computer

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 Leopard (10.5) If your computer is too slow, and you can add RAM, do so

Download and install Java (JDK 6 update 11) 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 3.4.1

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ By the way: the JDK and Eclipse are free

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Java for Macintosh

If you have OS X, you already have Java, but you may 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

The best way to get Java 6 is to join the Apple Developer Connection http://developer.apple.com/ Last I knew, the basic membership is free

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Getting Eclipse You should have Java installed before you install Eclipse If you Google for “Eclipse”:

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 (January 2009) is Eclipse Classic 3.4.1 Click on the download link

You will get a zip file; unzip it No further “installation” is necessary (assuming your Java is installed

correctly) Run the eclipse.exe file

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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Office hours

The TA for this course will be Abdul Malik Mansoor Office hours will be posted shortly If you have questions about the assignment:

If you are doing pair programming, first ask your partner Then come and see Abdul or me (preferably with your partner)

I am available much of the time outside office hours I avoid making appointments, because I usually forget to keep them Office hours are when I try hard to be in my office; they are not the only

time you can see me If my office door is open, I’m available If my office door is closed and I’m there, I’m available if it’s urgent If I have a “Do not disturb” sign up, I’m frantically busy (this is usually

the last half-hour or so before class)

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Email

Feel free to send me email at: matuszek @ cis.upenn.edu

I get tons of spam, including over 1000 virus-carrying messages a week

To avoid my spam (but not my virus) filters: If your email concerns this course, please put 591

somewhere in the subject line If your email is more general (personal, about the MCIT

program, etc.) please put MCIT somewhere in the subject line

If you forget, I’ll probably see your email anyway; please don’t immediately send another copy!

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Vocabulary I

JRE, Java Runtime Environment This is the software that allows you to run Java programs on

your computer JDK, Java Development Kit (previously called SDK,

System Development Kit) 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 A tool, such as Eclipse, that makes it easier to write programs

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The End