CS 173 - Spring 2007

Class Links

Java Links

• If you do not already have Java, you can download the Java 2 Software Development Kit, Standard Edition, Version 5.0. Click on the link for the JDK for your operating system and hardware. (Most likely, you have 32-bit Windows.)
  • Java 6.0 was recently released. While we are using 5.0 in the course, you can download 6.0 and try it out. Click on the link for the JDK for your operating system.
• The Java 1.5 API; you will want to bookmark this page because you will be referencing it a lot.
• Java On-line Tutorials provided by Sun Microsystems.
• DrJava, a simple Java development environment. It is available for Unix, Windows, and Mac operating systems.

Linux Links

• Open Suse, the version of Linux we are using in the lab. The currently installed version is 10.1 on the lab machines, 9.3 on the server.
• Mandriva Linux, another good version.
• PuTTY, a free version of ssh that will work on Windows.
• X-Win32, a software product that will let you display on your Windows machine graphical applications that are running on a Linux machine. This is not free software, but you can get a free 30-day trial.