Setup

Coursera

• follow the link to Programming Languages Part A
• click "Join For Free" in the top right corner.

• do what you need to do to join coursera (and log in, if necessary).

• click on enroll for free

repeat for

• Programming Languages Part B
• Programming Languages Part C

ML

Language: Standard ML of New Jersey

Mac OSX

via homebrew

Windows

download msi installation

Linux

via apt-get or yum

Editor

VS Code (Preferred)

• Download and Install VS Code
• Add Standard ML language support by Darin Morrison

or Sublime Text (Alternate)

• Download and Install Sublime Text

Racket

Language and IDE

• Download and Install Dr. Racket

Ruby

Language

Mac OSX

A Path From UW That Has Worked

Install homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Install ActiveTcl 8.5

Install ActiveTcl 8.5 (not 8.6) from www.activestate.com

Install Ruby Version Manager

\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash

Install Ruby With Tcl and Tk

rvm reinstall ruby-2.2.3 --with-tcl --with-tk

Set Ruby Version

rvm use 2.2.3 --default

Confirm Version

ruby --version

Windows

Suggested Path: Download From RubyInstaller

Ruby+Devkit 2.6.6-1 (x64)

Alternate Path

Install Ruby via RVM

Linux

Installation Instructions

OpenGL

Mac OSX

brew install glfw

Windows

Via Download

ActiveTcl (Includes Tk) Community Edition

Via Chocolatey

choco install glfw3
choco install activetcl

Linux

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libglu1-mesa-dev freeglut3-dev mesa-common-dev
sudo apt-get install libglfw3-dev
sudo apt-get install libtcltk-ruby

Gems

gem install os
gem install opengl-bindings
gem install glfw3
gem install chunky_png
gem install launchy
gem install tk

IDE

• Apply for student status with JetBrains
• Download and Install RubyMine

Java

Language

• Download JDK13
• Install JDK13

IDE

Eclipse

• Download Up To Date Version (2019‑12) of Eclipse
• Install Eclipse (Select Eclipse IDE for Java Developers)

or IntelliJ

• Download and Install IntelliJ IDEA Community

Git Repo

after you have cloned your git repo from bitbucket, be sure to import the pom.xml file in the top-level java folder.