The Object Oriented Professor

Links to external software that may be useful for CIS 604

WARNING to Off Campus Students:
Even if you have a fast Internet connection, no problems on the network, and few other students using AFS at the same time, it can be sheer torture to do complex tasks from off campus.

For example, if you are using an X-windows emulator to run NetBeans on AFS over a Virtual Private Network, there is so much software overhead and potential for problems that performance is likely to be minimal.
You will probably find it easier to develop and test on your home computer, then upload your work to AFS and save VPN access for testing that it works.

It can also be frustrating to get any of the EJB containers set up from off campus.

On campus students will get better performance using the AFS lab on the second floor of GITC across from my office instead of trying to access AFS from one of the PC labs.

Software downloads and documentation

• NJIT VPN off campus access for NJIT students
  
• XWindows Emulator for NJIT students to use connecting to AFS from a PC
  
• Java J2SE SDK (already installed on AFS)
  
• Java Documents at Sun
  
• NetBeans IDE (already installed on AFS, needs Sun App Server for J2EE)
  
• Eclipse IDE (Only if you want to use it instead of NetBeans)
  
• JUnit (already installed in NetBeans)
  
• Apache Ant (already installed on AFS)
  
• Apache Tomcat (already installed on AFS)
  
• Sun Application Server (already installed on AFS, if you are downloading NetBeans, get it from that site)
  
• WebLogic Server
  
• WebSphere Server
  
• JBoss Server
  

An outstanding resource for remote team collaboration, espectially for remote distance learning teams, is Google Groups. See a discussion of how one group used it for their homework in Sample Homework 1: The Sockets assignment.

• Google Groups main page
  

NOTE on WebSphere:
The latest versions of WebSphere have such a large footprint (about 1.2 GB) that they are not practical for student use on AFS. I am trying to arrange for alternative access through IBM. Contact me if your team is interested in helping to set this up and document it.