Hi,
I am a computer science major and our intro classes started out in java as well. Obviously I can't speak to the class your friend is enrolled in but we never covered gui-based java applications. The programs we wrote were all ran from the command line with text output. This is how it was for both of my intro classes (problem solving and data structures). Further, our curriculum was not dependent on a particular ide and half the time I simply used notepad or notepad++ to write my programs. Then I'd just use the compiler tools that come with the java JDK (also run from the command line) to compile my code. Our courses were more focused on how to write classes in general and how to solve problems rather than getting mired down in the details of a particular language and I think that's why they opted not to cover guis. Of course the emphasis of the course your friend is taking could be different. If I can help with anything let me know as I have just been through this stage of my comp sci career. -Cory From: Ricks Place [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 6:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: New version of WE4Java in the works Hi: I know a student who will be taking a course in JAVA programming. Is this script relevant to what he will need to do? I never have even looked at JAVA so am clueless but this script has something to do with JAVA so I thought I'd ask if it might help him. Does it work with any particular programming environment or IDE? Or, is it for something else related to JAVA? Rick USA
