The Java Language

CS 161 - Java

Last Week Highlights

• Course Guidelines

• Website where class materials are available

  http://cs.gmu.edu/~jdoughty/cs161/class_material.html

• Java Development Kit: JDK 1.1.x, JDK 1.2.x

• Compiling Java source
  Using the javac compiler

• Running a Java application
  Using the java interpreter to execute Java bytecode

• Introduction to methods

• Kinds of errors
  • User errors

  • Compiler errors

  • Runtime errors

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