CSCI 475 Resources for Java

Computer Science Department, Bucknell University

Resources for Java
CSCI 475 Fall 2000
Professor Dan Hyde

Add to your .cshrc file in your home directory the following two items:
1. The following two lines to set the environment variable CLASSPATH.
```
### CLASSPATH - environment variable for JAVA
setenv CLASSPATH .:path1:path2
```
  where "path1" is the full path name of your directory where the java compiler is to look for java classes. Separate several paths with ":".
2. To use Java 2, add to path variable BEFORE /bin the following:
```
/usr/java1.2/bin
```
To use the older Java 1.1, add to path variable BEFORE /bin the following INSTEAD:
```
/usr/java1.1/bin
```
Note the file name MUST have the same name as the class in the file plus the .java extension!
For the below, the class name is "MyFile".
To compile a java application, you type
```
   % javac MyFile.java
```
which creates a file of Java byte code called MyFile.class.
To run a java application, you use the classname not the file name! In this case,
```
   % java MyFile
```
To check which version of Java
```
   % java -version
```

Demo Applets
Earthweb's GAMELAN - A directory and Registry of Java Resources http://gamelan.earthweb.com/
JavaWorld, an electronic magazine published by International Data Group, is divided into three sections; Nuts & Bolts, technical articles about producing Java applets and scripts, including code; News and Views, with the latest in Web applications, conferences, and news; and Java Resources, including applet reviews and links to other Java sites and articles. A mailing list is available which sends new issue alerts as well as updates between issues. JavaWorld is a great resource for developers and a good place for non-techies to follow fast-moving Java developments. http://www.javaworld.com/
Websites for Java Programmers
Marjolein's links to Java FAQs, Java Tutorials and Java Courses
Java Tutorials and on-line resources

This document is at: http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~cs475/F2000-S2001/hyde/javaGettingStarted.html

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