1. Basic information about
Eclipse and Java!
COM S 207
Simanta Mitra, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science
Iowa state University
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2. Objectives for this lesson
At the end of this lesson, students should
1. describe the top functionalities of an IDE
2. know what is Eclipse
3. list the versions of Eclipse
4. know where to go to download the latest versions
of Eclipse
5. know the difference between jre and jdk
6. know where to go to download the latest versions
of jre and jdk
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4. What is an IDE?
Integrated Development Environment (IDE): An
application that is a COLLECTION of tools that helps
you develop software.
Editor – helps you type in your code (points out
some mistakes)
Compiler – translates your program
Runtime environment - Runs your program
Debugger – helps you locate problems in your code
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5. What is Eclipse?
Eclipse is an IDE! It is widely used to develop Java
programs.
Eclipse was originally developed by IBM. Now, it is
an open source project.
There are several other IDEs. For example,
Netscape and BlueJ.
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6. Eclipse versions
named after moons of Solar system and indicates release date
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)
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7. Where to download Eclipse?
Go to website: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
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9. What is JRE? JDK?
The JRE (Java Runtime Environment) is what
you need
to execute compiled java classes.
It consists of the "java" executable and java libraries.
The JDK (Java Development Kit) contains
it contains all of the JRE
plus some extra tools/utilities like
the java compiler
java debugger
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10. Where to download JRE? JDK?
Go to website: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
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