CPRG 215

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java

Module 1-Introduction to Java

Topic 1.2Getting the Tools and SettingUp the Development Machine

Produced by Harvey Peters, 2008Copyright SAIT

Please read the following sections

in your textbookCore Java, Volume I–Fundamentals, Eighth Edition

By Cay S. Horstmann & Gary Cornell

•Chapter 2 - The Java Programming Environment

•Installing the Java Development Kit

•Choosing a Development Environment

•Using the Command-Line Tools

•Using an Integrated Development Environment

•Running a Graphical Application

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Building the development machine• http://java.sun.com

• Various versions– Java SE -- Standard Edition, for desktop applications,

Applets, GUI, network, and more– Java EE -- Enterprise Edition, for Java Server Pages,

Servlets, Web Applications– Java ME -- Micro Edition, for small portable and/or

wireless devices

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Building the development machine

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Acronyms

JDK Java Development Kit

API Application Program Interface

SDK Software Development Kit

JRE Java Runtime Edition

JDBC Java Database Connectivity

JDO Java Data Objects

IDE Interactive Development Environment (programming tool, such as Eclipse, NetBeans, Jbuilder, etc.)

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Building the development machine• http://java.sun.com/reference/api

• Documentation– APIs (Application Program Interface)– Download or use online

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Building the development machine• Versions

– 1.0 – 1.1 primitive– 1.2 – first stable version

• Known as Java 2, major structural changes– 1.3.1 – next popular version

• Used by Oracle 8– 1.4.2 – popular version– 1.5 – known as Java 5– 1.6 – known as Java 6

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• Installation directory contents– bin - binary executable files

• Windows versions have “.exe” extension

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Program Name Function

java runtime program

javac compiler

javadoc documentation generator

jar java archive tool

jarsigner attach security certificates to archives

keytool create and store keys & certificates

policytool set security policies for O/S

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• Installation directory contents– jre (Java runtime edition)

• bin– Contains java runtime but not compiler

• lib– library of runtime classes in .jar files– Contains rt.jar which is the main library of java classes for

standard edition– contains an ext directory for .jar files that extend Java’s class

libraries

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The API• Packages in the Java Class Library:

– java.lang– java.awt– java.applet– java.net– java.io– java.util– more…

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