macOS "Thinking in Java"

I'm using a mac book pro, jdk5. And I'm real new.....

I've seen this book mentioned in a few posts here, I think.


"Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckles

I'm having a little trouble understanding the way he has his downloadable code it set up.

I downloaded the files put them in my /Developer folder and ran Ant on

them to build as the instructions said. But I guess I still dont get it. I can

dig around to find the code in the file. Or I can just type it out of the book.

I get the Idea that you import something from the file as you would import

packages or methods. But I not familiar with this technique yet, as I'm

brand new to programming. About a month into an online course.

If there is anyone who has gone through this book and can help me out, I

sure would appreciate it.

I'll attach his instructions and what the code looks like in the book so

everyone knows what I'm talking about.

Thanks

thanks

thanks for your reply.
I'll try and figure out how to ask my question more clearly.
I was just doing as a little extra project, but right now my
assignment in class is givin me fits. When I get that figured
out I'll concentrate on "Thinking in Java" again.
Thanks again for your reply, sorry about the headaches.

thanks to you

I got to apologize, my first post was not very clear....
The Ant build went fine. I did it as per the instructions in the book, in the terminal. It stopped and returned the expected error message.
I guess the thing I'm unclear on is...what all this building and downloading and so forth is supposed to accomplish. I'm thinking it is all just to save typing the sample src from the book into an editor to see how it works. Or is there more to it than that?

I am using Eclipse on my intel mac. I like it alot. The class I'm taking is structured around using JBuilder. I'll be transfering to a new school in the winter and they don't offer any java. It is all going to be C++. Which would probably be a real good reason to get used to XCode now. I would eventually like to be able to program for my own enjoyment, for my mac.


Thanks again for your reply

bill

That makes perfect sense to me. Thats what I'll do. Besides; typing is something I can always use more practice with. One of these days I'm gonna write a whole sentence without looking at the keyboard.

thanks again

bill