1 / 12 COP 3503 FALL 2012 SHAYAN JAVED Programming Fundamentals using Java 1

2 / 12 Tools

3 / 12 Linux Command Line  Know the basics of the Linux command line  Directories/files/compiling/manipulating text files/searching/etc.  Reference:  Practice, practice, practice

4 / 12 Linux Command Line  Bash scripting:  Bash is a Unix Shell  Write small scripts to automate common operations  Run script:./script.sh

5 / 12 Text Editors  For Linux:  Gedit.  More complex/powerful: emacs/vim (higher learning curve)

6 / 12 Text Editors  For Windows:  Notepad++  Use an editor which allows syntax highlighting, viewing line numbers, search/replace, etc.

7 / 12 Text Editors  For Mac OS X:  I don’t know  (though you could probably use Linux-based editors)

8 / 12 A Note on IDEs…  Eclipse is excellent for writing Java programs  Try to avoid using it – get used to compiling and debugging from the command line/text editor  NetBeans is excellent for creating GUIs

9 / 12 Connecting remotely to CISE  Windows: Use PuTTy  Linux/Mac: Use “ssh” from the command line: ssh storm.cise.ufl.edu OR ssh

10 / 12 Connecting remotely to CISE  To transfer files:  Windows: WinSCP  Mac: CyberDuck  Linux: SFTP/SCP  More info:

11 / 12 Back Ups  Very important: Backup your work constantly  Cloud backup:  Dropbox  iCloud (Macs)  Ubuntu One (Ubuntu)

12 / 12 Pastebin.com  Whenever you want to code, use  Choose syntax highlighting for Java  Generate link, send to me or TAs. Can edit code/add comments directly.