Using the Bare SDK
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Compiling A Java Source
Running A Java Application
Running A Java Applet

 

If you use only the bare Sun JDK, it's very primitive, and you don't get a visual debugger!

UNIX command line look and feel -- tends to be user-hostile.

You typically will want:

  • a window for your editor
  • a window for the compiler (javac)
  • a window for the resulting program to run in.
  • maybe a window for the debugger.
  • probably one or two windows to browse the Java javadoc files
...and you are responsible for setting up PATH and CLASSPATH, and dealing with the details of each tool's command line interface and options.  Not for the faint of heart!

 

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