Java Question

[Wildcat]

Ok I am taking computer science 127a and its basically Java programing. They want me to use JDK and Text Pad. Is this available for X or is there an equivalent I can use?

[szark]

TextPad (http://www.textpad.com/) is not available for X.

I'm not sure what a good replacement would be. BBEdit might be overkill, but certainly covers most of the capabilities listed. I don't know of any shareware/freeware alternatives as I am still relatively new to the Mac world.

[Wildcat]

Yeah isnt BBEdit a HTML editer?
I guess I just want a Java Developers Kit

[robbieduncan]

Open up the terminal. Type javac. This is the java compiler. Type java. This is the java runtime environment. Type emacs. This is a (great) text editor. Now to use it all together. Open 2 (or maybe 3) terminal windows. Use cd and mkdir to get yourself a nice directory to work in (in both terminal windows). In one window type emacs. Open the file with the name you want to work on (Ctrl-X Ctrl-F <filename>). Type whatever you are meant to type. Save the file (Ctrl-X Ctrl-S). In the other window type javac <filename> If no errors appear your java has been compiled. Type java <filename-without-the extension> to run the java.

[oldMac]

BBedit is a fine programming editor. (ie, a good text editor)

The fact is that you don't need a "Java development environment". Most programmers don't use them.

You need the following:

1) A text editor
2) A compiler (javac for java from the command line)

For Java, you also need the "java runtime" to execute your programs. A good place to start is here:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/unix.html

[robbieduncan]

I should have suggested this first. Install the developer tools (from the CD that came with OSX) and use Project Builder (Java Command Line or something similar in the wizard).