JCreator User Manual

Creating a New Project

All work for CS 110 and CS 111 should be created in CS 110 Projects. A special JCreator project template exists in the Hebeler Labs that simplifies the CS 110 Project creation.

Projects are used to combine multiple Java source code files into one working program. Typically, every Java class is placed in its own source code file. In real-world programming, programs may consist of hundreds of separate Java files. Projects are used to keep track of the status of all the files, helping to reduce the file management efforts of the programmer.

We will use a rather simple naming convention for our projects. Projects containing the Java files done as lab assignments will be named Lab1, Lab2, etc.. Projects containing programming assignments will be named Program1, Program2, etc..
Note: Project names are case sensitive. Be sure to use an upper case L or P with Lab and Program project names. In addition, do not include a blank space character before the lab or program number.

  1. Pull down the Project menu and select New Project....
    Screen snapshot of the Project Menu, New selected
  2. The Project Wizard will open. Detailed instructions for using a template with the Project Wizard follows.