Business Technology Department Teacher/Course Information

Download and install:

1. The JAVA programming environment from Sun Microsystems. This includes the compilier and built in classes.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

2. The BlueJ Integrated Development Environment.

http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html

3. Download and unzip the desired JAVA packages at:

http://faculty.cs.wwu.edu/martin/Software%20Packages/BreezySwing/Default.htm

4. Open BlueJ, click on tools, preferences and libraries. Add the .jar files created from Step 3 to your active library by clicking on the "Add" button and browsing to their location on your computer.

5. Use the import statement at the beginning of your class to use these library files.

For those of you interested in Java game programming visit:

http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/
http://www.java3d.org/tutorial/

Also visit Amazon.com and do a search on books. Use the keywords "java game programming". Read all the reviews, they are very helpful in determining which book is right for you.