Class Summary about the First Program from last year's CP class

These are words of wisdom from last year's computer programming class. This is what they learned after compiling their first programs. Read carefully what they discovered -- it may save you some time and trouble.


Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Class Result 8/29/06: What we found running our first Java programs

Our reactions:- Java is not graphic (1 dimensional)
- Lots involved
- Takes forever
- Time consuming
- Computers take what you type literally
- Java is picky -- can't misspell or drop semicolons, etc.


How to print the Java output screen:
1) Make the window active by clicking on it
2) Press ALT-Print Screen
3) Open Word
4) Paste the stored screen into Word
5) Print the Word document

Other lessons learned about Java:- Make sure there are no spaces in a class name (HelloWorld and not Hello World with a space, for example)
- Make sure you save your project on the local computer, in My Documents for example, and not on the R drive. If the project is on the R drive, it will never finish compiling.

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