[Tutor] OT Java Question

[Kyle Babich]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:37:36 -0700 (PDT), "Danny Yoo"
<dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> said:
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> On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Kyle Babich wrote:
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> > While I'm learning Python I'm also learning Java, so I just bought
> > Learning Java 2nd Ed.  I was trying the first few simple apps but the=
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> > didn't work.  I have jdk 1.1.8 installed on my computer sdk 1.4, so I
> > did think there would be much of a difference.
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> Hi Kyle,
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> You may want to ask on another mailing list about Java-specific
> questions,
> just because many of us here may not have Java experience yet.  Sun
> does
> host its own forums for learning and using the Java language, so you
> may
> find these links helpful:
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>     http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jsp?forum=3D14
>     http://forum.java.sun.com/
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> Back to your question: the version does make a difference.  The
> javax.swing module was added fairly recently, so my suspicion is that
> you
> may be running with the 1.1.8 javac libraries instead of the 1.4 ones.
> For the javax.swing stuff, you'll need to use the latest version of the
> Java Development Kit (JDK).  You can visit:
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>     http://java.sun.com/
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> to get the latest version of the JDK.
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> Best of wishes to you!
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Yes, I'm just having some trouble finding a discussion list as devoted
to java as this list is to python.
Anyway I decided the best way to do it is to install the java sdk
version that came on the cd with the book.

--
Kyle