Title: Tools Summary
Course: CPS 261: Advanced Java Concepts ~ DL & MM MASTER

Tools Summary

Simple Development Environment

- Installing Java
- Installing Eclipse and the fundamentals of using Eclipse

Eclipse Goodies

- Indentation: Eclipse will indent your code automatically
- Refactoring: If you want to rename a variable, Eclipse will automatically update all instances where the variable.
- Packages: Using packages is like having folders to organize your Java code into modules.

Eclipse Debugger

- Debugger basic features: Break Points, Single Step, Resume, Step Into, Step Return, Terminate
- Additional information in windows: Variables, Break points
- Step Filters need to be set to avoid the Deadly Eclipse "Source Not Found Error"

Jing Creation

- When you want to describe a problem that you are having, you will find JING is a valuable tool to show your problem. With JING you will get a URL to any video you create and this URL can be placed on the discussion board to assist you in creating a Question, or an Answer to a Question.
- The associated video discusses JING installation and demos creating a video.

Command Line Java Development Environment

- This is an optional video that demonstrates how to do Java work outside of Eclipse using javac and java programs from the command line.
- There is also a fun little game demo'ed in this video called "planetoid".

Advanced Web Features

- The Learning Units web site has search capabilities that are demonstrated in this video. The Learning Units is organized by the order the videos should be watched. There is a companion web site that is organized by Topics which has more search capabilities.

Last Modified: September 3, 2015 8:11 AM