Software and documentation

Installing Subversion, Java, and Eclipse IDE

• Subversion
• On MAC: install svn from here (you do not need to set up a svn server, so choose "client only")
• On Windows: this package provides a command-line SVN package
• You may use a GUI based SVN package on your home machine, but please make sure you know how to use the command line svn — there will be test/exam questions on this material.
• Java 8
• Visit the Java SE Development Kit 8 download page and install the appropriate version of the JDK for your operating system.
• Eclipse IDE
• Visit the Eclipse IDE download page and install the appropriate version of Eclipse IDE for Java Developers for your operating system.

Connecting to CDF from home:

• If I'm at home, how do I log in to the CDF machines?

Documentation and Tutorials

Here is some documentation and tutorials on Java and Android that you will find useful:

• Java 8 API
  This is an essential reference on the many classes defined in Java. If you want to know how to slice a String, for example, look here.
• Learning the Java Language: Table of Contents
  This is an excellent overview of all the features of the language itself. If you want to know, for example, what an if-statement looks like, or the difference between private and protected, look here.
• Java Documentation at a Glance
• Java Tutorials
• Learning Eclipse