How to obtain your own Java system
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Sun's Java Development Kit is available as a free
download over the Internet. Follow the Java SE (Java Standard Edition)
download links.
February 2012: You need the "Java SE 6 Update 30" download, or "Java
SE 6 Update 30 with
NetBeans" if you are more adventurous (NetBeans is an advanced "integrated
development environment").
The Jave SE 6 Documentation would also be useful.
Note: The JDK is not an "integrated development environment" (IDE).
It is purely driven from the command prompt in a command window
(on a PC with Windows 98/XP/etc or with Linux). In some ways that's easier, and in some ways
it's harder. Various software products are available to "front end" the
JDK and make it easier to use - see NetBeans above, and others below.
- BlueJ is a relatively simple
Java programming support system. It is a simple project manager and
program editor, and is used as an interface to the Sun JDK ("Java
Development Kit", required too,
see above).
BlueJ is free for personal, non-commercial use.
Some useful BlueJ documents here
- If you would like a more powerful Java programming support system,
then there are a number of options around. Here are three (in no particular
order):
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The department has Java and BlueJ available for download from
our network server at \\wsv\student, via CampusNet.
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