Compiler How-To 

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Appendix A in the textbook outlines the steps you need to follow to run Java programs using the basic Java compiler from Sun. We will include how-tos for additional compilers here.
Click the link below for an instruction on how to use the compiler

Description

J2SDK

J2SDK is a free compiler available from Sun. To download it from Sun, proceed to http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html. Download the SDK version, not the JRE. SDK, which stands for Software Development Kit, includes JRE, which stands for Java Runtime Environment. You need JRE to run Java programs and SDK to compile and run Java programs. Instruction on J2SDK presented here is the same information found in Appendix A.
jGRASP

jGRASP is a free Java editor developed at Auburn University by Prof James Cross and his colleagues and students. jGRASP is unique in providing different types of program visualization tools to help programmers "grasp" the program structure. You can download it from http://jgrasp.org/. Please check their documentation and tutorial.
BlueJ BlueJ is a free Java editor developed at the Monash University in Australia. BlueJ includes a graphical editor for creating UML class diagrams. You can download BlueJ from the company's website at www.bluej.org. Please read their documentation and relevant information.
TextPad4.x TextPad is a shareware text editor that will let you compile and run Java programs. You can download TextPad from the company's website at www.textpad.com.
CodeWarrior

CodeWarrior is a full Java IDE from MetroWerks.