[Blindmath] java

[Smith, Andrew]

I've used everything from Notepad (on Windows) to Eclipse
(cross-platform) to TextEdit (on OS X) to write Java code for my
courses.  I'm a sophomore now, so most of what we've been doing is
console-based.  Any intro course would almost certainly be
console-based, which any screen reader shouldn't have any trouble
dealing with.

Java GUIs are just a pain, period.  A pain to write, a pain to
interpret (you need the Java Access Bridge on Windows), etc.  I'm
hoping that your course will be console-based; I see no reason why it
wouldn't be.

To compile, I usually open up a terminal or similar and run javac
Class.java; and to run the compiled code, java Class.  That seems to
be the most accessible way.

Best of luck!

On 9/18/14, sabra1023 via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Yes, your student can either compile it through the command line by typing
> cmd in the windows search box followed by javac followed by the filename
> .java.there are also plenty of accessible ides including eclipse.
>
>
>
>> On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Jones Sarah.M. via Blindmath
>> <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> You may remember meeting me when you visited Swansea University a couple
>> of years ago. I hope you are enjoying your course. We recently had a blind
>> student complete a Computing degree so I spoke with his personal tutor and
>> she said that he used online tutorials whenever they were available (often
>> the textbook, which we ordered as a PDF from the publisher, would have an
>> accompanying online resource) so just google JAVA online tutorials. She
>> said her opinion would be that if you are working with equations etc. in
>> Physics, then programming would not be a problem. Our student also had a
>> PhD mentor who worked with him for about 3 hours per week and apparently
>> that worked really well.
>>
>> Good luck with year 2!
>>
>> Sarah
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Wheatley, Richard via Blindmath
>> Sent: 18 September 2014 15:47
>> To: Blindmath at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Blindmath] java
>>
>> Hello
>> I have a module in computer programming as part of my second year physics
>> corse and Java is the programme that is due to be taught.
>> I have never done any computer programming and the lectures at uni have
>> never taught a blind programmer, so could anyone tell me if java is
>> accessable? And if so is there anything you can suggest that may help get
>> me started?
>> Thank you
>> Best wishes
>> Richard Wheatley
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