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Hello World in the Forte IDE

Learn how to write a classic "Hello World" program in Java using the Forte Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This tutorial will guide you through creating a folder for your projects and setting up Java packages.

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Hello World in the Forte IDE

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  1. Hello World in the Forte IDE An introduction to the Forte IDE (integrated development environment) writing the classic “Hello World” program in Java

  2. Create a folder for your projects • One way is to use Windows Explorer (WE) • On the left-hand-side of WE, click on the location where the folder is to be created • On the right-hand-side of WE, right click in the open area and choose from the menu New and then Folder

  3. Create a New Folder

  4. Rename the FolderRight click on the Folder and choose Rename, then type the name, press ENTER

  5. Start Forte:Start/Programs/Forte for Java CE/ Forte for Java CE

  6. Start Forte (Alternative):Double click on the runidew icon found in forte4j/bin

  7. Close Tip Window(if it appears)

  8. Forte at Startup Main window: menus and toolbars Explorer window Properties window Desktop showing through Filesystems, see next slide

  9. Right click on Filesystems (circled on previous slide) in the Explorer Window Choose Mount Directory from the menu

  10. The Mount Directory Dialog Box

  11. Use the Mount Directory “Look in” drop-down box to choose a drive and the region below to select a folder

  12. Alternative: Choose File then Mount Filesystem on the Main Window menu to bring up the dialog box shown below Type the folder’s path or “Browse” for it , then click OK

  13. To remove any previous Filesystem, right click on it and choose Unmount Filesystem

  14. Java Packages • In order to facilitate “portability” (moving a program from computer to computer), Java breaks references to a file’s (complete/full) path (its location) into two parts • An external part (known as the CLASSPATH) which will change as the program is moved around (mounted) • An internal part which will not change as the program is moved around (package.class) • The dividing line is a folder known as “a package”

  15. To create a package for your project, right click on the particular filesystem and choose New Package

  16. Name the packageNOTE: Java’s convention is that only class names are capitalized, Java is case sensitive: hello  Hello small letter

  17. Make your package part of current project (click Yes)

  18. Right click on package folder, select New/Classes/Main This template (Main) has a method (main) needed to start execution

  19. Name your class;Java convention is that class name are capitalized Capital letter

  20. Finish • For the simple Hello World project in this example, one might as well click Finish at this stage • However, we will step through a series of dialog boxes that may prove useful when writing future projects

  21. Dialog Box #1 Click Next

  22. Dialog Box #2

  23. Dialog box #3 Most classes have fields (or properties) and we could begin to list them here

  24. Dialog box #4 Classes also have methods which could be added here

  25. Make class part of current project

  26. The Source Editor Window appears.This is where we will type the code.Some code is already provided.

  27. Source editor comments package Beginning of class

  28. Some features • Comment: anything between /* and */ is a comment — they are ignored by the computer and are there for the sake of the programmer or anyone else reading the code • The Hello class begins with the line public class Hello extends Object • public, class and extends are keywords or reserved words, which is why they are in a different color

  29. Hello World • For this simple program, we will add just one line to what was supplied by the IDE • That line is System.out.println(“Hello World.”); • It belongs inside the curly brackets associated with the main method • Curly brackets {} set off a unit of coding known as a block

  30. The main method Constructor, not needed for this program the main method

  31. Indenting scheme convention • Free-formatting: white space (spaces, tabs, returns) are usually ignored by the computer when interpreting Java • To make the program more readable (not to the computer but to the human beings), certain conventions are followed • One convention is to place the curly brackets on a line by themselves and have them vertically aligned (indented the same amount) and then anything within the curly brackets is indented further

  32. Start typing the lineAfter typing the period, notice the pop-up menus

  33. Java is case-sensitive • Java is case-sensitive • In the one line, System (a class) must be capitalized, out (an object) must not be capitalized • The pop-up menus provide the properties and methods associated with a class or object • If they do not pop up, it is a good indication that there is a typo

  34. Hello World Program

  35. Right click on Hello (the class not the package) and choose Compile

  36. The Output Window appears if there are errors; In this case there is a missing semicolon Error reported on line 28 although line with missing semicolon is line 27 (free –formatting)

  37. Edit (add semicolon), Compile again, then Execute: Right click on class and choose Execute

  38. Output Window

  39. Execution Shortcut

  40. Build and Compile Shortcuts

  41. Windows Explorer

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