Check-off Lab 1
Objective
The objective if this lab is to get you up and running on using MyEclipse.
Special instructions for check-off labs
A large number of the labs (including this one) are so-called check-off labs. By this I mean that you need to show that you have finished specific tasks, which will demonstrate to me a basic understanding of the material covered in the lab. When you have finished one of the designated tasks, you should show one me, so that I can check you off on the given task. Check-offs are worth one point each, and will be indicated in bold face in the labs.
Launching MyEclipse
If you have a laptop with MyEclipse installed, launch it from your laptop. Otherwise, if you are using one of the lab computers, I recommend that you first create a desktop shortcut to the MyEclipse application. So, double-click the My Computer icon, the go to Local Disc (C:), and follow down to Program Files, Genuitec, and MyEclipse 8.x Latest. Then, right-click on the myeclipse.exe icon and choose Send To Desktop (create shortcut). You can then launch MyEclipse by double-clicking on your desktop icon.
Choosing/creating a workspace
MyEclipse works from a workspace, which is simply a directory on your computer or on the homepages file-server which has some configuration files in it. You can either create directory during the launch of MyEclipse, or create it otherwise, either on your computer or on the homepages file-server. I recommend that you call it something like mcs270.
Entering subscription information
You should have received an email from me which gives you your subscription information
for MyEclipse. From the MyEclipse menu, choose the Subscription Information tab. Enter
Subscriber and Subscription code I sent you, and you should then be good to go.
Check-off: show me that you have done this.
Hello World
Select playground and then click the new class icon at the top. (You can alternatively
right-click on playground and then select New > Class.) Name the class Hello and click
box to create a method stub for the static main method. Once the edit window for Hello.java
has come up, add the code print out "Hello, World!" which is given on page 6 of
Java for Python Programmers.
You can then run this program by right-clicking on Hello.java and selecting
Run As > Java Application. You should then see the output in the Console panel.
Check-off: show me that you have done this.
Other things
Play around with MyEclipse by doing some of the other programs in Java for Python Programmers.