Getting Started with BlueJ

Getting Started with BlueJ 

Open Windows Explorer. Create a new folder called Java in My Documents on the X: drive

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Open the BlueJ programming environment: Start > All Programs > Programming > BlueJ > BlueJ

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Create a new project in BlueJ in your Java folder called figures: Project > New Project then navigate to your Java folder, enter figures as the folder name and click on the Create button.

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Go to the London Metropolitan Intranet home page (https://intranet.londonmet.ac.uk/)

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In Quick Links activate WebLearn

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Log into New WebLearn

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Select the “Programming” module

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Select “Learning and Teaching Materials” from the content menu

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Click on the icon

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Click on “Week by Week”

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Click on “Introduction to Objects and Classes”. You will see a link to “Workshop Exercises for Week 1” and five .java files: Person.java Triangle.java Square.java Circle.java Canvas.java

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Save each of the five .java files into the figures folder that BlueJ will have created for you when you created a new project : Right-click each .java file in turn, “Save Target As...” (or “Save Link As...” or “Save As...”, depending on your browser) then navigate to the figures folder and save

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Add the five classes to the BlueJ project: Edit/ Add Class from File, select the files then click on the Add button

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Drag the classes to arrange them clearly within the window

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Compile the classes

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Click “Workshop Exercises for Week 1” and work through the exercises