Lecture 1: Exercises

The main purpose of the first exercise session is to make sure that you are ready to start programming next time. So you should install the software and familiarise yourself with the IDE.

1. Install IDE

You should install an IDE. If you do not already have any preferences then choose "Eclipse for Java Developers" from the eclipse download page.
Mac users: As far as I can tell it does not matter whether you download the corbon or cocoa version.

2. Install Java

You may need to install the Java "JDK 6 Update 18" from the Java download site

3. Hello World

Write, compile and execute a "Hello World" program.
You can choose to follow the tutorial in eclipse.
An example of such a program can be found on section 2.1/page 21 of the text book.

4. Quiz

Answer point 1 through 9 of the Quiz for Chapter 1 on page 17.