Installing Eclipse and the UW java Library
This document should help you get set up for working on a home computer. If you want to have the same setup at home as at school, you'll need to install the following software:
There are also other environments that you can use as well,such as IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code, NetBeans, DrJava, JGrasp (it comes with a very cool debugger), BlueJ (a simpler environment) and so forth.
If you want to work at home, you are on your own to some extent in terms of getting stuff set up. Ask friends, read documentation, ask me -- but you can't be guaranteed to get an answer. Ultimately you're on your own with your home computer. The lab is always available as a fallback.
Regardless of the development environment that you use, the code you turn in should only rely on the standard Java libraries, and the UW library. Your code should not rely on "wizards", special libraries that might be provided with your environment, or code that comes from the Internet or friends. The programs you give me will be compiled and run using the school set-up.
Eclipse needs a recent Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run. You can download the latest version of Java at http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp.
Go visit the eclipse page, and click on the "Download" button and follow the instructions. Note also that if you have a slow internet connection or no internet connection that you can download the program onto an SCCC lab machine and make a copy that you can take home to install.