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Step-by-step instructions. For CS seniors.
For any method, you will need to first download the starter files from the submit server. Under the [https://submit.cs.umd.edu/ projects main page], click 'download' under 'download starter files' for the appropriate project. You will need the .submit file in this archive.
== Using Eclipse ==
=== Method 1: Course Project Manager Plugin ===
This is the easiest method; however, to use this method, your Eclipse project needs to be in [[CVS HowTo|CVS]].
# Download and install the [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/IntroProgramming/eclipseUpdate/ Course Project Manager Plugin] for Eclipse.
# Ensure that you have the .submit file from the starter files in your project root directory, and that your project is under revision control using CVS.
# Right-click your project -> Properties -> Course Project Management -> check enable.
* To submit: right-click the project and choose Submit. You may get a weird message on your first submit, but it will still go through.
You can also submit from the command-line using the same .submit file; grab the submit.jar from the public directory on GRACE.
=== Method 2: Create a Jar file and Submit Via The Web ===
You can also submit via the web. This method does not require your project to be in CVS.
# Right-click on your project, select Export...
# Choose Java -> Jar file (General -> Archive File will also work)
# Check only the .java files that you wrote for this assignment, as well as the .submit, .classpath, and .project files.
# Ensure 'Export java source files and resources' is checked; do not export anything else (clear the other Export checkboxes). You do ''not'' need to submit your .class files.
# Give the file a name and put it in a location you will remember.
# Click Next and then Finish.
# Navigate to the [https://submit.cs.umd.edu submit server] in your browser.
# Click 'submit' under project 2 and upload the .jar file you just created.
You can see exactly how your code will be tested by examining the public tests.
You may find this [[Media:Export.xml|Ant build file]] useful for automating the process of creating a jar file.
'''Troubleshooting Submit Plugin'''
== Hard-Core Command Line H4X0RZ ==
You can also submit from the command line using Marmoset's Java submission tool.
# Ensure your project root directory, let's call it <code>projectroot</code>, contains the .submit file.
# Download [https://submit.cs.umd.edu:8443/docs/MarmosetHelp/samples/submit.jar submit.jar] to someplace you will remember; let's say <code>~/bin/</code>
# <code>cd projectroot</code>
# <code>java -jar ~/bin/submit.jar</code>
* The first time you submit it will ask you for your password. After that, it will store a "one-time password" (which can be used as many times as you want for a given project) unencrypted in a text file called .submitUser in your project root directory. 414 Pop Quiz: is this good security?
For less hard-core Unix hackers, see the [https://submit.cs.umd.edu:8443/docs/MarmosetHelp/StudentGuide/commandlinesubmission.html Marmoset command line submission documentation].
