[nfbcs] JAVA

[Nicole Torcolini]

Mostly. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne Germano
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 6:39 PM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] JAVA

So Eclipse is accessible for screen readers? I use ZoomText for
magnification and am frustrated with Eclipse because there is no cursor
tracking.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Currin, Kevin <kwcurrin at live.unc.edu>wrote:

> Hello
> Eclipse takes a bit of getting use to, but its definitely worth it in 
> my opinion. It offers a debugger, auto indention correction and a 
> convenient way to store all your java files. These features save much 
> more time than learning eclipse takes. A braille display is definitely 
> useful, but i dont use one and it works out fine. Overall, java is 
> farely accessible Kevin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 10, 2013, at 6:02 PM, "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Tara:
> >
> >     You will likely get lots of feedback about JAVA. When I wrote 
> > Java code, I preferred to use a text editor and run Java from the 
> > command
> line.
> > Eclipse is an IDE and is I understand reasonably accessible. I would 
> > concentrate on learning Java without the complications of using an 
> > IDE. I also found a braille display to be absolutely essential. For 
> > example,the strings carmake, Carmake, CarMake and carMake are all 
> > unique and could
> all
> > be used in the same program. A braille display will show you which
> letters
> > are uppercased. Hope this makes sense.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara 
> > Annis
> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 1:42 PM
> > To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [nfbcs] JAVA
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm starting computer science courses this summer, going for a
> Bachelor's in
> > CS.  The first course deals with JAVA.  So, I was wondering if this 
> > type
> of
> > programming is accessible to those using screen readers?  Also, are 
> > there any type of programming or other aspects of the CS curriculum 
> > that are difficult or impossible for a blind person?
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> > Tara
> >
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