Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

Compiler Information

 

 

IDE and Compiler

When you purchased the physical copy of the CD then you will also received a 180-day trial version of Visual Studio 2005.  The latest Visual Studio is a compiler used by many professional companies for a wide range of software solutions.  It is GameTutorials compiler of choice and was used to create, edit, compile, and test all of the the tutorials included on the CD.  
 

 

Using J# or Java

Since many professors and instructors teach Java in their classes we have added Java tutorials that teach the basics of creating console apps and applets, as well as doing 2D and 3D.  Visual Studio 2005 provides support for the J# language, but if you decide to not use J# and stick to Sun's conventional Java language we recommend using Sun's NetBeans IDE.  We offer video tutorials on using NetBeans in our Video Tutorials section on the CD.  The Java projects on the CD are also ready to be opened in NetBeans.  To download the JDK (Java's Software Developement Kit) bundled with a free version of NetBeans 5.0 you can go to the following link: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download-netbeans.html


 

 

 

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