BlueJ : An Interactive IDE

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BlueJ An Interactive IDE

• Art Gittleman
• California State University Long Beach
• Over 40 Years of Programming and Teaching

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BlueJwww.bluej.org

• Interactive object creation
• Easy to use
• Debugger
• Graphical class structure
• Small download
• Free
• www.bluej.org/help/ap.html for AP classes

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BlueJ Tutorial

• Installation
• Getting started
• Inspection
• Create a new project
• Debugging

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Installation

• Must have Java 2 Standard Edition installed.
• Installer may ask for the location of java.exe.

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Getting Started

• Open a Project examples\people
• Create an object Staff
• Execute methods getRoom, setRoom
• Edit a class Staff
• Compile

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Inspection

• Create staff object with values
• Select inspect

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Create a New Project

• Specify name and location to create a directory
• Create a new class
• Add to skeleton code

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Debugging

• Open debugdemo
• Setting breakpoints Demo loop
• Stepping through the code
• Step
• Step Into carTest
  myCar.seats
• Inspecting variables automatic
• Halt and terminate