You should install Eclipse on your laptop if you have one, as bringing your laptop with your code to office hours or the UTA helper hours will allow us to better assist you.

Instructions for the prelab are below. For helpful links and instructions for many of the below steps, see the "Resources" link on the left side of this page.

1. Make sure Eclipse (version 3.5) with Ambient (v. 2.1) is installed on the machine you will use for your assignments in this course. Most of the resources you need are linked to the Ambient downloads page. Here are some links to help you along:
   • A video of Prof. Astrachan installing Java, Eclipse, and Ambient on Windows Vista
   • Sun Java 6 downloads site: For Windows or Linux, download and install JDK 6 Update 16 (as of 8/26/2009). Mac OS X users can use the version of Java (6) that comes with your Mac OS X 10.5.
   • Eclipse downloads site: Install Eclipse (Galileo) Classic.
2. Complete the Tagcloud exercise and bring it with you to lab.
3. Complete the Java Intro exercise problems 1-3 and bring it with you to lab.
4. Review the DNA Reverse APT.
5. Review the Circles Country APT.
6. Review the N-Body assignment. Bring any questions to lab.

Lab Exercises

1. Snarf the labs/lab01 project. Use http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/cps100e/fall09/snarf as the snarf site.

   Answer the questions in week1.txt.

2. Complete the first set of APT problems on the APT page. This page has a video where Prof. Astrachan demonstrates how to solve a simple APT problem.

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