Resources

Here are a variety of resources related to the course.

Demo Code

• The demo code repository contains code written during lecture. It will be continuously updated throughout the semester.

Programming Tools

In this class we’ll make use of Java 17 as our programming languages and the most recent version of Eclipse as our development environment. Eclipse can install Java for you.

• Download and install the Eclipse Development Environment
  • Choose the “Download” drop-down under “Install your favorite desktop IDE packages”
  • If you are on Windows or an older Intel Mac, download “x86_64”
  • If you are on a newer M1/M2/M3 Mac then choose “AARch64”
  • Run the installer
  • On the first screen, choose “Eclipse IDE for Java Developers”
  • Choose JRE 21.0.4
  • Click install (it might take a while to download and install everything, just wait patiently)

Policies and Tutorials

• The Style Guide for all code written in this course.
• How to import an Eclipse project from a zip file.
• How to export an Eclipse project to a zip file.

Books (Optional)

• Introduction to Programming Using Java, Eighth Edition by David J. Eck.
• A useful manuscript on the similarites/differences of Java and Python, Java for Python Programmers by Bradley Miller

Additional Java Resources:

• The online Java Tutorial
• The Java 8 API
• A tutorial on Javadoc