• First time usage, setting up the system
• How to install at home
• Hints on how to use VisualCafe

Information on Using TextPad for Java

Setting it up:
You have to have JDK already on your system before installing TextPad.
An easy way to get the setup to work is to be sure your CLASSPATH is empty (in Control Panel -> System -> Advanced ->Environment Variables)

The menu items to focus on are:

• Configure > Preferences > Document Classes > Java
• Configure > Preferences > Tools > Compile Java (don't change Command or Parameters or Initial Directory; do set Capture Output)
• Configure > Preferences > Tools > Run Java Application (don't change Command or Parameters or Initial Directory; do set Capture Output)
• Tools > Compile Java (use this)
• Tools > Run Java Application (use this)
• Download TextPad
• The TextPad java FAQ
• Info on setting up textpad
• More Info on setting up TextPad

Information on Using UML and CRC Cards

• Practical UML: A Hands-On Introduction for Developers   TogetherSoft, Inc. Oct., 2000.
• A short article on Why UML?
• Choosing a UML Modeling Tool
• Commercial UML Tools
• CRC Tutorial
• Cunningham's lecture on OO Design

Tools and Tricks

• Calculating Base-2 Logarithms

Interesting Sites Mentioned or Used in Lecture

• Webopedia (an online dictionary of computer technology)
• Powers of 10 / Orders of Magnitude web site
• Interactive Introductory CS Material
• More background material on digital components
• More background on digital logic
• More on Memory and related topics.

Relevant News Stories

• CNN story on NSF awards, including one on the importance of theoretical algorithm research, and one on the UCB CITRIS project.
• Intel Selling Two Giga-hertz Chips
• Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz: The clock strikes two
• The Myth of Megahertz, Part I;   The Myth of Megahertz, Part II