Getting Ready for CIT591

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Getting Ready for CIT591
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Labs

• Lab is scheduled for 300-430 Fridays in Moore
  207
• Lab is not in Towne 309 (Registrar has it wrong)
  Everyone is expected to attend lab
• Assignments will be handed out in lab
• You will be assigned a partner in the lab
• If you cannot attend the lab
• You must tell me at least one day in advance,
  otherwise you will incur a 10-point penalty on
  your program
• The penalty also applies if you are so late to
  lab that I think you are not coming, and reassign
  your partner to someone else
• If you miss lab, or are very late, you may have
  to do the assignment without a partner

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Moore 207

• Moore 207 is a Linux lab
• Many of you have not used Linux
• It has a desktop that is very similar to the
  Windows or Macintosh desktop
• Its not hard to figure out
• Dont be afraid!
• Ill step you through a brief introduction to
  Linux
• Java is platform independent You can easily move
  back and forth between Linux and Windows or Mac
• The easy way to move files is to by a cheap thumb
  drive
• We do have a lab this Friday
• Before the lab, please go to Moore 207 and make
  sure you can log in
• If you can't, go to the CETS office and get the
  problem fixed

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What You Need

• Its really convenient to have your own computer
• Virtually any Windows computer made within the
  last three or four years (and some a lot older
  than that) will be fine
• If Macintosh, must run Mac OS X, preferably
  Leopard (10.5)
• If your computer is too slow, and you can add
  RAM, do so
• Download and install Java (JDK 6 update 7)
• http//java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
• This includes the JRE, so dont install that
  separately
• At the same time, download and install Java SE 6
  Documentation (from the same web page)
• Download and install Eclipse Classic 3.4
• http//www.eclipse.org/downloads/
• By the way the JDK and Eclipse are free

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Java for Macintosh

• If you have OS X, you already have Java, but you
  will not have the latest version
• If you do not have OS X, you have to get
  it--earlier versions will not run Java 5 or 6
• The best way to get Java 6 is to join the Apple
  Developer Connection
• http//developer.apple.com/
• Last I knew, the basic membership is free

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Getting Eclipse

• You should have Java installed before you install
  Eclipse
• If you Google for Eclipse
• The first hit is the home page,
  http//www.eclipse.org/
• The second hit is Eclipse Downloads,
  http//www.eclipse.org/downloads
• The current version (Sept. 2007) is Eclipse
  Classic 3.4
• Click on the download link
• You will get a zip file unzip it
• No further installation is necessary (assuming
  your Java is installed correctly)
• Run the eclipse.exe file
• You will be asked to choose a folder for a
  workspace (mine is called workspace) do so
• No further configuration is necessary

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Office hours

• We have two TA for this course, Nora Apsel and
  Cyril Isaac
• Office hours will be posted shortly
• If you have questions about the assignment
• If you are doing pair programming, first ask your
  partner
• Then come and see Nora or Cyril or me (preferably
  with your partner)
• I am available much of the time outside office
  hours
• I avoid making appointments, because I usually
  forget to keep them
• Office hours are when I try hard to be in my
  office they are not the only time you can see me
• If my office door is open, Im available
• If my office door is closed and Im there, Im
  available if its urgent
• If I have a Do not disturb sign up, Im
  frantically busy (this is usually the last
  half-hour or so before class)

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Email

• Feel free to send me email at
• matuszek _at_ cis.upenn.edu
• I get tons of spam, including over 1000
  virus-carrying messages a week
• To avoid my spam (but not my virus) filters
• If your email concerns this course, please put
  591 somewhere in the subject line
• If your email is more general (personal, about
  the MCIT program, etc.) please put MCIT somewhere
  in the subject line
• If you forget, Ill probably see your email
  anyway please dont immediately send another
  copy!

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Problems

• If you are having problems with the course or the
  MCIT program, please come see me
• It is my job to help you, and I take that
  seriously
• MCIT students especially If you have personal
  problems (sickness, death in the family, breaking
  up with someone, etc.), please come see me
• I cant help with personal problems, but...
• ...I might be able to help you with rearranging
  courses, getting a leave of absence, etc.things
  to help you stay in the program and keep your
  grades up
• I treat all such matters as confidential

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Vocabulary I

• JRE, Java Runtime Environment
• This is the software that allows you to run Java
  programs on your computer
• JDK, Java Development Kit (previously called SDK,
  System Development Kit)
• The software that allows you to create and run
  Java programs on your computer
• When you install the SDK, you get a JRE along
  with it
• IDE, Integrated Development Environment
• A tool, such as Eclipse, that makes it easier to
  write programs

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The End