Programming Tools

• Java downloads (ask a member of the course staff if you have a problem with this):
• the simplest way to download Java
• for the more adventurous, here is the full suite of Java downloads
• Here are two Java IDEs:
  • Dr. Java - my favorite lightweight Java IDE
  • Eclipse Standard - a more industrial-strength Java IDE

Additional Java Resources:

• The online Java Tutorial
• Use the API that matches the version of Java that you installed on your machine!
• The Java 6 API
• The Java 7 API
• The Java 8 API
• A tutorial on Javadoc
• A useful manuscript on the similarites/differences of Java and Python, Java for Python Programmers by Bradley Miller