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| # Start a new project in Eclipse (or your favorite IDE) | | # Start a new project in Eclipse (or your favorite IDE) |
| # Add the external JAR file in Eclipse: Right-click on your new project->Properties->Java Build Path->Libraries tab->Add External JAR. To add the source and javadoc, click the plus sign and attach them. | | # Add the external JAR file in Eclipse: Right-click on your new project->Properties->Java Build Path->Libraries tab->Add External JAR. To add the source and javadoc, click the plus sign and attach them. |
− | # Download the project [https://submit.cs.umd.edu:8443/data/DownloadProjectStarterFiles?projectPK=276 starter files] from the submit server '''if there are any'''. | + | # Download the project [https://d1b10bmlvqabco.cloudfront.net/attach/iy6gff47lll3v5/i5erpj96uvo5ms/iymehqvdjma9/MeeshQuest.java starter file] '''if there is one'''. This link is from Spring 2017. |
− | # Add the project starter files: Right click your project, choose Import, then Archive File, browse to the starter archive, select everything (OK, maybe not the META-INF directory), Finish. (currently, no startup files for spring spr2009) | + | # Add the project starter file: Right click your project, choose Import, then Archive File, browse to the starter archive, MeeshQuest.java file. Finish. Alternatively create your own class and paste the text into it. |
| # Download [http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/samples/samples.html XmlCompare] plugin for Eclipse. | | # Download [http://help.eclipse.org/help32/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/samples/samples.html XmlCompare] plugin for Eclipse. |
| ## In Eclipse, Help->Software Updates->Find and Install | | ## In Eclipse, Help->Software Updates->Find and Install |
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| #* (Note: this installs lots of unwanted crud, and ate my line:col statusbar display; to fix it, exit Eclipse, go into $HOME/.eclipse/org.eclipse.sdk.ide/updates/eclipse/plugins and delete everything you didn't ask for) | | #* (Note: this installs lots of unwanted crud, and ate my line:col statusbar display; to fix it, exit Eclipse, go into $HOME/.eclipse/org.eclipse.sdk.ide/updates/eclipse/plugins and delete everything you didn't ask for) |
| #* To use: select two .xml files in the Navigator, right click, compare with->each other | | #* To use: select two .xml files in the Navigator, right click, compare with->each other |
| + | # Once you have everything set up, go through the spec and think about what classes you will need and how they will interact with each other. Some suggestions: draw it out on a whiteboard/ paper or create empty classes with names in your IDE as you go through and then later fill in the classes with everything they need. Once you have a good idea of what to do start coding! Good luck! |