Subversion

You can visit the Subversion website to download a copy of Subversion. If you are using a BSD or Linux distribution or Windows, the easiest (and fastest) way to install Subversion is to use a prebuilt binary release. MacOS X users who do not already have Subversion installed can use the system disk that came with their computers, a newer installation disk, or visit Apple Developer Connection to download Apple's development tools.

We will start using Subversion in week 1 to download class notes.

Java

We use Java 6 in the CDF labs. (Mac users get theirs through Software Update.) Java 5 is perfectly fine, too.

There is extensive Java documentation; you can use it online or click the first link to download the documentation to your own computer. You are not given enough space to download this to your CDF account; when you are using a CDF machine, use the online version instead. Here's a link to the docstring equivalents: Java Platform documentation.

We will start using Java in week 2 for our first exercise.

Eclipse and subclipse

We'll start to use Eclipse in class during week 3 of the course. You may want to follow these installation steps.

Go to the Eclipse download page.
Download the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (yes, that's you!) for your operating system.
Start the IDE and select Help -> Software Updates.
Select the Available Software tab and click "Add Site..."
Enter http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x for the location and click "OK".
Under "http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x", select the checkbox next to "Subclipse".
Select "Install...", accept the defaults, and ~~sign away your soul~~ accept the license agreement.
Restart Eclipse for good measure.

We will start using Eclipse in week 3 for our second exercise.