All Classes We will use the term "command window" to mean a cmd or PowerShell window in Windoze or a Terminal window on a Mac. You can find the terminal in MacOSX by going to Finder an selecting Applications → Utilities.

• Make a directory (folder) for all of your stuff in my class. Then you will know where to save things. It is a very smart idea to make a directory for this semester, and inside of it a subdirectory for each of your classes. You will see that this is how I manage my classes. It works.
• Install a text editor. Favorites at NCSSM include these. Note that you will never use a word processor in this class..
  • Atom
  • VSCode This video will make you a VSCode master of the universe.
  If you are a Mac or Linux user, you can use vim as well.
• Obtain Python. View this video for install instruction on Mac and Widoze.
  • Mac Instructions are at the beginning. Get Python 3.9.
  • Windoze instructions begin at 5:50.
  • Take his brief tour of Python starting at 9:00.
• Go to adoptopenjdk.net.
  • Choose OpenJDK 15 (latest)
  • Choose HotSpot
  • Hit the big blue "Latest Release" button.
  • Run the installer and it will install Java for you.
  • Open a new command window and type javac -version in it and it should tell you you are running javac version 15.
  • Next, type java -version and it should tell you you are runing Java 15.
  • If you are running Linux, use a -- instead of a - before version in the last two instructions.

Once you do this, you can be wheels-up the first day of class for 4240.

4280 You need to install JavaFX. Directions are here

A .vimrc file If you are a vim user, this is useful for Python and Java programming.

set et
set tabstop=4
set ai
set number
set nohlsearch