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If you do not want to use the command prompt, then this step is not needed (and setting the PATH variable is not needed for any of the following steps). How to do this is explained in Step 5 of Sun's installation instructions. So you may want to set the Windows PATH variable to include the Java JDK.
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If you want to work with Java from the command prompt, using full path names can be inconvenient. In the last step we used the "full path name", c:\j2sdk1.4.2_05\bin\javac, at the command prompt for the Java compiler javac (and similarly for the Java virtual machine, java). Compile Hello.java with the following command.Īfter the program compiles, run the program with the next command. At the command prompt, use the cd command to move to the directory where you stored the file Hello.java. You should get a "usage message" back from the Java compiler. At the command prompt, enter the following command. Use the Start Menu to start up a "Command Prompt" window. If you want to, you can test your JDK installation. Sun's JDK 1.4.2 Documentation Installation Instructions
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Sun's JDK 1.4.2 HTML documentation download Move the docs directory to be a sub-directoy of the directory C:\j2sdk1.4.2_05 which was created by the installer in the previous step (the last two digits in this directory name are the "version number" of the JDK). The temporary directory will contain a sub-directory called docs.
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Unzip the zip file into a temporary directory. Download this file from the link at the end of this paragraph. The HTML version of the documentation comes in a zip file (that's why you need WinZip) called j2sdk-1_4_2-doc.zip. But if you want the HTML version, read on. Later in this page I will show you a better version of the documentation to install. But the HTML version of the documentation is large (about 180MB installed) and not easy to use.
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If you want the HTML version of the documentation, then you need to install that separately. The JDK does not come with any documentation. To install the JDK, follow the installation instructions from Sun's web pages. That will take you to a page where you can download an installation program. You want to use the "Download J2SE SDK" link that is under the heading "J2SE v 1.4.2_05 SDK". Use the link at the end of this paragraph to go to Sun's download page. Download the Windows version from the WinZip Download Page follow the instructions on that page to install WinZip. If you do not have the program WinZip already installed on your home computer, then you should install it first. Steps 1-3 below are the part that installs the Java JDK on your computer and steps 4-7 install the editor and test the Java installation. The second part is not essential, it is just to make your life easier while you write Java programs. The first part of the installation is absolutely essential if you want to do Java programming at home. The first part is installing the Java development kit (JDK) on the computer and the second part is installing a text editor that makes it easier to use the JDK. There are roughly two parts to this installation.
#HOW TO COMPILE JAVA IN TEXTPAD 8 HOW TO#
This page tells you how to install this programming environment on your home computer. We will be using release 1.4.2 of the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) development kit. Below are the steps to follow to install this combination of programs on MS Windows. Basically, what we will do is install the Sun JDK and then install a very good text editor as a "shell" or "wrapper" for using the JDK. As an alternative to using a large IDE, this page explains how to install what I think is a simple, elegant IDE for writing small to medium size Java programs. But these IDE's tend to be very large, very resource intensive programs that actually contain far more programming tools than are needed for writing small to medium size programs. Several companies have produced Integrated Development Environments (IDE's) that have all of the tools you might need to write Java programs. But the JDK is not too easy to use, since it is command line based, and it does not really contain all of the tools that you will need (for example, it lacks an editor and a debugger). The Sun JDK is a free collection of command line tools for developing Java programs. The simplest one that you can get is Sun's JDK (Java Development Kit). To write Java programs you need some kind of Java development environment. Installing Java and Textpad at home Installing Java and Textpad on your home computer
