[wplug] 45 Minutes with High Schoolers

Chris Winters chris.winters at gmail.com
Mon Jan 30 15:57:51 EST 2006


On 1/30/06, Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
> ...
> 3) Java is a free download.  Eclipse is a free download and has
>    everything you need to develop in Java (full IDE).  Works on
>    Windows as well as POSIX.

Students might be more confortable with a simpler IDE to start out
with. The BlueJ IDE is built as a teaching tool and might be more
appropriate as a first step; it's pure Java and also has a Win32
installer:

http://www.bluej.org/

...unless your goal is to scare them away from Java forever with a
too-early jump into Eclipse :-)

Chris



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