Lots of Interactive Development Environments supporting Java, some
free, some commercial products, are available.
You don't need an IDE to do the work in this course.
You will need to be able to use a simple text editor
(Notepad on Windows, PICO on Unix will do) and have access to
a Java compiler and a Java Virtual machine.
One free possibility for Windows environments is
Javaedit. We'll use Javaedit in the lab.
You can download your own free copy at
http://www.tiac.net/users/dchase/javaedit.htm
(260K download)
The CD-ROM that accompanies the text has a limited version of the
Code Warrior IDE. It is useful for exploring the example programs
that accompany the text. The computers in the S&T I Room 124 lab have
Code Warrior installed. I don't recommend using CodeWarrior for
this class.
