Setting Up Development Environment for CS2011

This guide is for setting up a development environment for CS2011 on Windows. The same environment can be set up on Linux or Mac in a similar way.

Note that if you use a lab computer, you should skip Step 1 as JDK is already installed on the lab computers.

1. Download and Install JDK

Download the latest Java SE Development Kit from Oracle. Double-click on the downloaded file to install it. You may leave all options to default during installation. Pay attention to which folder JDK is installed to as you will need it later -- the default folder is C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-<version>\ (where <version> is a version number like 10.0.2), though you may change it if you want.

After installation, add the bin folder under the JDK folder to the PATH environment variable as follows so you can use the JDK command line tools like javac and java:

Open a File Explore window, right click on My PC and select Properties -> Advanced system settings -> Environment Variables. In the System variables section, double-click on PATH, select New, enter the path of the bin folder under the JDK folder (e.g. if the JDK folder is C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2\, then enter C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2\bin), then click OK.

To test if JDK is installed correctly, open a Command Prompt and try the following two commands:

You should see output like the following:

A video demonstrating this process is available on YouTube.