18 Apr Section

• homework criteria, revisited (Homework Submission Guidelines)
• using Java and how Java works
  • from source to execution
    • source file ClassName.java compiled with javac ClassName.java
    • resulting byte code in file ClassName.class run with java ClassName
  • virtual machine
    • byte code (platform independent)
    • virtual machine - interprets byte code, translating into machine code (VM implementation is platform dependent)
  • contrast w/ C++
  • see also: Sun's Java Tutorial, esp. Your First Cup of Java
• questions from Java lecture slides (through Slide 28)
  • getting command line arguments as Strings in main