Lab Exercises - Stats for Java

Chosing and Seting up a Development Environment for Compiling Java Programs

To write code for your own analyses you need a Development Enviroment. To help you navigate through the myriad of decisions consult the Java Programming Resources. To get a first understanding of what the Java programming language is about, please review this Java Tutorial. Specifically review Lesson: Object-Oriented Programming Concepts of the Sun Java Tutorial. You may also download The Java Tutorial.

Minimally, you need a text editor, a compiler/linker and a Java runtime environment. To get started download the a Standard Development Kit for the computing platform of your choice.

On Mac OSX:

• The Java Runtime Environment is installed automatically as part of the Mac OS X Operating System.
• For a compiler I would suggest the free xCode Integrated Development Environment from the Apple Developers Website. You will likely have to register for their free ADC membership in order to download the .dmg file. If you run into problems with this you can download it right here.