Getting Started with TextPad:

To start working at home you need to do three relatively easy things:
 

1. Download and install the latest SDK from Sun Microsystems website.
   
2. Download and install the TextPad program from TextPad.com website.
3. Download and install relevant libraries and packages.
   

Fortunately, there is a great page that will guide you through this process with the steps and links explained.
This site is found at http://www.edhsonline.org/other/ap/java_textpad_howto.html  Note: Skip the Steps 3 & 4 and put the objectdraw.jar file listed below where they tell you NOT to put it in step 3.  This works fine for the introductory programming course.  We run the MBCS on our network drive at school so this will not create a problem with us--this teacher uses lots of other specific .jar files that we don't.

The only thing that isn't included at the above site is the ObjectDraw package with relevant API documentation.
This is found at:  http://cortland.cs.williams.edu/~134/eof/library
 

Any questions:  E Mail jmaxwell@mcquaid.org