Getting Started with JCODER

Introduction to JCODER

Here we are going to introduce you JCODER - a powerful Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java developers, supporting a rich set of project management tools with an intelligent and comprehensive Java editor, and lots of productivity enhancing debugger features and much more.

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Download and Install JCODER

1. Go to http://www.jcoder.com/download.html
2. Click on either Location 1 or Location 2 to download the installer.
3. Click Save to save it to disk e.g. under C:\download\.
4. After download is completed, locate the file in your directory. Double-click on the downloaded file jcoder_en.exe
5. Click Next to proceed the Setup. Note that the default installation path is C:\Program Files\PremiumSoft\JCODER.
6. Click Install to continue with the installation.
Click Finish to launch JCODER. Get yourself ready to start building Java projects in a more sophisiticated way!

HelloWorld in JCODER

1. Launch JCODER in your computer.

2. In menu, click Tools > JDK Profiles.

3. You should see that JCODER has automatically obtained the JDK installed path as the default JDK profile such that you need not bother about the settings.

Note: During installation, JCODER will trigger an initial scan throughout the system path to obtain the JDK installed path. If more than one JDKs are found, the first found one would be added.




4. Close the JDK Profile box. And now we are about to create a HelloWorld project in JCODER. On Start Page, click Create Project.




5. Choose the template Java Application in the New Project box. Then, click Next.



6. Give a name to the project e.g. HelloWorld.

7. Click Next until you reach the last step and click OK to complete the project creation.

8. You will see the project is created and shown in the Workspace under Project Manager.



9. Double-click on the Main.java under the tree structure of Project Manager. The file will then be opened in the Editor on the right.

10. In Main.java, type the following line: System.out.println("Hello World!"); and press Ctrl+S to save the file.

11. In menu, click Build > Build Project.

12. You will see the results of the compilation process in the Output window.

3. If no error encountered during project building, we can proceed to run the project. In menu, click Run > Execute.

14. In the Run window, your HelloWorld program runs successfully with the line Hello World! printed.