Elements of the Java Platform

CS 161 - Java

Program Development Environment

JDK

• You should be using JDK 1.1.x or JDK 1.2.x (also known as the Java^TM 2 SDK, Standard Edition)
  • S&T 1. Room 124 has the Windows version of JDK 1.2 installed

  • OSF1 has the Unix version of JDK 1.1

  • Either one will do for this class

• If you choose to work at home or on some other system
  • The Java Development Kit 1.1 (currently 1.1.8) can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/
    (8 MB download, 12 MB installed).

  • The Java2 "platform" (currently 1.2.2) can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/
    (20 MB download, 43 MB installed)

• The JDK documentation will be a useful reference, use it.
  • The JDK 1.1 documentation may be found here

  • The JDK 1.2 documentation may be found here

  • If you are installing a copy of the JDK at home consider downloading the separate JDK documentation ZIP archive at the corresponding URLs above.

    (the JDK 1.1 version is a 4 MB download and requires 12 MB installed; the JDK 1.2 documentation is a 16 MB download and requires 83 MB installed.)

• If you are working on a machine that uses something other than Windows or Solaris, let me know.

jwd