[jacy]

hi,
I am trying to learn javascript. Could anyone please recommend me a compiler. Thanks in advance.

[Chicon]

Originally Posted by jacy

hi,
I am trying to learn javascript. Could anyone please recommend me a compiler. Thanks in advance.

Hi jacy,

Java and Javascript are two completely different languages. As its name displays it, Javascript is a script language that doesn't need any preprocessoring or compilation. As it is related to Internet browser, Javascript functions are invoked by HTML instructions.
To have an idea of what Javascript is like : just browse the Internet with your IE, click Display on the top of your IE window then select Source
A window will open with the HTML coding of the page your browser is viewing : Javascript intructions are enclosed between tags
<script language="JavaScript"> and </script>.

Java is an object oriented language that needs a compiler, a runtime (also called Virtual Machine). You may run Java programs like a Windows application, or a webserver application. Java is a language multi-platform; that means you may run a Java program on Windows, on Linux, on Mac.

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by Chicon

Hi jacy,
... Java is a language multi-platform; that means you may run a Java program on Windows, on Linux, on Mac.

Hi Chicon,

Just to clarify - Java is a platform-independent language that simply needs a platform, (i.e. target OS/chip), dependent compiler/runtime or Java interpreter implementation to run the same Java code on any one platform.

-- Tom

P.S. Lee Van Cleef avatar - !

[Chicon]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Hi Chicon,

Just to clarify - Java is a platform-independent language that simply needs a platform, (i.e. target OS/chip), dependent compiler/runtime or Java interpreter implementation to run the same Java code on any one platform.

-- Tom

P.S. Lee Van Cleef avatar - !

Thanks !

[jacy]

thanks chicon and lotuseclat79. Thanks chicon for telling the difference between java and java script. Could u please tell me what kind of compiler should i get in order to learn java.

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by jacy

thanks chicon and lotuseclat79. Thanks chicon for telling the difference between java and java script. Could u please tell me what kind of compiler should i get in order to learn java.

Hi jacy,

If you have enough space (just over 100 MB), you can choose to download the JDK, i.e. J2SE Development Kit 5.0 Update 6 from:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp which includes a compiler and the JRE for 1.5.0_06; i.e. ~60MB for J2SE, and ~45MB for the documentation where the documentation link is separate from the above JDK link on the same webpage.

You can also download the Sun Java Turorial from: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor.../download.html

-- Tom

[NCTech]

Once you have a JRE or JSDK, you can download Eclipse for a great development environment.

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by NCTech

Once you have a JRE or JSDK, you can download Eclipse for a great development environment.

Hi NCTech,

Can you tell me about the .torrent suffix on the .zip file for Eclipse? When I try to download it and query the size of the file, it is just 8KB or so? Does that mean that .torrent is highly compressed and the 103MB is the uncompressed size? If so, how do I uncompress the .torrent file? Is .torrent a compressed format?

Tia,

-- Tom

[brendandonhu]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Hi NCTech,

Can you tell me about the .torrent suffix on the .zip file for Eclipse? When I try to download it and query the size of the file, it is just 8KB or so? Does that mean that .torrent is highly compressed and the 103MB is the uncompressed size? If so, how do I uncompress the .torrent file? Is .torrent a compressed format?

Tia,

-- Tom

http://www.bittorrent.com/

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by brendandonhu

http://www.bittorrent.com/

Hi brendandonhu,

I am now looking at the wiki link on .torrent suffixed files for BitTorrent at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

I'll get to your link next.

Thanks,

-- Tom

[jacy]

Thanks everyone

[NCTech]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Hi brendandonhu,

I am now looking at the wiki link on .torrent suffixed files for BitTorrent at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

I'll get to your link next.

Thanks,

-- Tom

Just to sum it up torrents are like a file sharing program. You can pull down the package from multiple sources, instead of one. Letting you get large software files faster.

If you just want the .zip -> Here.

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by NCTech

Just to sum it up torrents are like a file sharing program. You can pull down the package from multiple sources, instead of one. Letting you get large software files faster.

If you just want the .zip -> Here.

Hi NCTech,

How large is the .zip?

-- Tom

[NCTech]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Hi NCTech,

How large is the .zip?

-- Tom

103MB