Important: You will want to use the latest version of whatever browser you like to use (presumably netscape or Internet Explorer) since a lot of the browsers do not yet support the Java 2 platform. We will also look into using the Java plug-in to update browsers that do not support Java 2. You may also wish to investigate the latest version of SUN's own browser, called hotjava.

From the Netscape Developer's Java FAQ: "JavaSoft has released a new version of its Java Plug-in 1.2, which has support for JDK 1.2. Install it in your Netscape browser. In the future, with the Open Java Interface, you can change Communicator JVM, so it would be easy to use Sun JVM 1.2."

• Local set-up for Java
  Before trying to use Java on the composers, you need to follow these instructions.

• Dialing-Up From Home

  If you have a PC that you will be using to dial-up from home, you will need to use the PPP(Point-to-Point Protocol) for communication. In addition you will need another communications program called Exceed that allows you to display X-windows at home. The University will "lend" you a copy of Exceed. Go to the basement of Smith Hall for to get a copy of Exceed (I may have to sign a form for you).

• Documention of the SDK tools for solaris
  This web page has documentation on how to use the Java compiler javac, the Java interpreter java that you use to run Java programs, the Java debugger jdb, javadoc for generating html documentation files, the appletviewer, RMI tools, how to set the environment variable CLASSPATH, etc.

  There is also a version of this documentation for Windows .

• Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition Documentation
  There is a wealth of information here (too much in fact for a Java novice). The most important item is the documentation for the core JDK packages that have a link (titled Java Platform 1.1 Core API Specification) under the section JDK API Documentation. Below that are links to more advanced JDK packages.

• The actual source code for all the classes and interfaces in SDK, a valuable source of information, is available in the directory strauss:/usr/jdk1.2.2/src/. Unfortunately, it is stored in a place that browsers cannot access so you will have to Unix tools to look at the source code.

• Free Java Software for your personal machine
  All the basic Java software is available without charge from SUN for Windows95, WindowsNT, and SUN Solaris.

• Samples of code that demonstrate many aspects of Java use.
  

• This is the front door web page to all information from SUN JavaSoft on Java.

• A Java glossary . A little help with all those terms and acronyms.

Last updated 7/25/00 This page has been accessed times since 9 Feb 2000.

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Copyright 2000 B. F. Caviness