Objectives:

• Become familiar with the rules and facilities.
• Log in to your XP and Unix accounts.
• Set up your XP and Unix accounts so that the passwords agree.
• Use a Java development environment
• Create and run a simple Java program.
• Access email.
• Learn about your account organization and the tree-structured directories.
• Modify your web page.

Hand-in Requirements:

• Source code for HelloWorld.java (4 pts)
• Source code for HelloLibrary.java (5 pts)
• Source code for TempConverter.java (5 pts)
• Your policy statement (2 pts)
• Email to TA instructor (2 pts)
• Web page (2 pts)

In order to receive credit for your web page you must send an email to your TA indicating where to find your page.

Overview:

The main computing facility that you will be using is located in room 1.02.04SB. Your recitation will meet in this room. The room will also be open with tutors available at other times schedule . We will mainly run Java under windows XP. You have a Unix account so that you can have a web page for the class and email. You can also work on projects on your home PC or you may use the computers in one of the Student Computing Facilities (1.03.06MS, 2.01.20BB or 2.400FS).

Details for Part I:

• Basic Account Setup:
• Go over the lab rules and sign the lab policy statement.
  The rules for using the facility as well as the current lab schedule are available on http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/schedule.html . Please read the rules and sign the policy statement indicating that you understand the rules and agree to abide by them. (You should have this as a handout from your presenter.)
• Log in for the first time and change your password
  (See http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/accountLogin.html for instructions.)
• Resolve account problems

If you cannot log in or have other problems, report them to the TA or to one of the tutors.
• Read and send email:

You will be reading and sending email from your Unix account using the pine program. If you have another email account you would rather use, you can forward your mail as described in http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/accountLogin.html . Your account has two parts, and Microsoft Windows side (XP) and a Unix side. While this may see complicated at first, since you will be doing Java on the XP side, the Unix account gives you several advantages. First, the Unix account allows you access your files from home and different labs. Secondly, it gives you access to email and your own personal University web page. Thirdly, most of the advanced courses in Computer Science use the Unix system and the account will enable you to familiarize yourself with this operating system in the natural course of things.
• To read your email while you are in XP:
  • Click on the ssh icon on your desktop to bring up a secure shell. (Depending on which lab or classroom you are in, the icon may be called ssh client, ssh2 or something closely related.)
  • Log in to pandora.cs.utsa.edu using your new password.
  • You now are logged into Unix in the window that was just created, so following the Unix directions.
• To read your email while you are in Unix:
  • Type pine to bring up a mail program.
  • Follow the directions on the menu to send an email to the TA for your recitation. (The email address should be on the board.)
  • You should also have a welcome email in your inbox. If you don't have such a message, please let your TA know so that you will be added to the course mailing list.
  • You must read your email several times a week (ideally every day) to keep up to date on class policy, due dates, etc. If your account name is jdoe, your email is jdoe@cs.utsa.edu.
  
  
• Obtain a license key:
  Regardless of whether you actually download JBuilder or you get it from a CD, you will have to start the download process to obtain a license key:
• Go to http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_jbuilder.html
• Page 1:  Stroll down until you see the table Keys Only .  Select Personal version 7 (4th entry in table)
• Page 2:  Fill in the information required for Login Name (jdoe), Email Address(Your utsa address from above), and a password that you can remember.
• Chose New User  - If you already have a key for JBuilder 9 you can use the same file from home in the lab by copying it into the appropriate directory stated below.  (If you have logged in previously you would chose Login or just create a new Login Name on page 2.)
•  Page 3:  You must fill out all the information on entries marked with a dot.  Be sure that you uncheck the boxes at the bottom of this page if you do NOT want all the junk email., mail and phone calls.  Chose Continue
• Page 4: You must respond to all these questions.  Chose Submit.
• Page 5:  Email Verification.  This page tells you that you will receive an email with the licence key as an attachment.  Be sure and check that the email address is your utsa account.  Chose Submit.
• Go to your Unix account if you are not already there and find the email from Borland.  To save the attachment(Something like reg##.txt) - select v and then s.  The computers in SB 1.02.04 are using XP.  Save the file in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>.  Note that the username is your account name such as jdoe.
• Exit Unix by typing logout
  
• Try to load JBuilder from XP.  Start -> programs -> Java -> JBuilder7
  
• Logging out:
  Log out of the XP system as described in http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/accountLogin.html .

Details for Part II:

• Create a simple Java project:
  Follow the instructions in the http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/gettingStartedJbuilder.html in order to create a HelloWorld program. Store the program in the Z:\working\java directory.

• Log into your Unix account:

If you are currently logged in, you should log out and start with your new passwords to make sure that everything is set up correctly. Open up a ssh session on your Unix account as described above.


• Check out the directories on your account:

You should have a public_html directory that holds your web page and other publicly accessible files. You should have a working directory that will hold your private files including class assignments. Verify that you have these directories, or set them up if you don't. (For additional information, see http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/accountLogin.html .)


• Access your web page and add your name:
• Bring up Internet Explorer by double clicking (left mouse button) on the Internet Explorer icon.
• Use Internet Explorer to edit the page Z:\public_html\index.htm as a local file. If your account name is jdoe, you can also access your page as http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~jdoe. This is the way other people will access your web page.
• Send an email to your TA instructor indicating that your web page is ready and where your web page can be found.

• On your own:
  Bring up JBuilder and create the HelloLibrary project. Follow the pattern you used to create your HelloWorld project as described in the http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/gettingStartedJbuilder.html handout.

  
  Project Name(Package name):     hellolibrarypkg
  New Class Name:    HelloLibrary

  package hellolibrarypkg;  // JBuilder adds this
  import java.util.*;        // This library has the Date class

  /**
   * Title:        Hello Library
   * Description:  Writing a simple program using a Java library.
   * Copyright:    Copyright (c) 2001
   * Company:      CS 1711
   * @author j. Doe
   * @version 1.0
   */

    public class HelloLibrary {

    public HelloLibrary() {
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      Date todaysDate = new Date();  // Create a new Date object called todaysDate
      System.out.println("Hello world, today is " + todaysDate);
    }
  }

  Follow the pattern you used to create your HelloWorld project as described in the http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~javalab/lab/gettingStartedJbuilder.html handout.

• On your own:
  Bring up JBuilder and create the TempConverter project:
  Project Name(Package name):     tempconverterpkg
  New Class Name:    TempConverter
  Enter and run the program on Page 83 (Listing 2.7) of the Lewis and Loftus text.