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Physical Layout#

The classroom should be arranged in a "round-table" configuration such that all students and the instructor collaborate in a shared space. No PCs should be set up on the round-table space.

Additionally:

• Flipchart, pens
• Means of sticking flipchart sheets to walls
• Whiteboard convenient to the round-table, pens

Students' computer hardware & software#

PCs should be available for students, placed elsewhere in the classroom than the main work/discussion space. Students normally perform lab-work in groups of 3 to 4 people per group, so sufficient PCs should be provided to allow one PC per workgroup, depending on the number of participants on the course. Of course, more PCs are acceptable, up one per student.

Min. 1GB RAM per PC. Internet access optional.

PCs must have the following software and media installed:

• Sun Java Developers' Kit version 5.0 or newer (current version is 6.0 and is preferred over 5.0) from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/
• JDK Documentation Kit must be unzipped into the "{docs}" directory under the JDK installation directory.
• Netbeans IDE/Sun Glassfish Server bundle available from http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/index.html. Download the "Java" bundle which includes the Sun Glassfish servers. After download, this package must be installed on each student PC. Installation is a separate step; the exact steps depend on the operating-system platform being used for classroom setup, and detailed instructions are included on the Netbeans website.
• Additionally: After Netbeans has been installed, the Netbeans UML Plugin must be installed. This may be done by running the Netbeans IDE and selecting the UML plugin from the plugins-catalogue accessed through the {Tools > Plugins} menu in Netbeans. (Alternatively, the plugin can be downloaded spearately and the module then installed on each PC, also via the {Tools > Plugins} menu, eliminating the need for separate downloads for each student PC. Detailed instructions are available on the Netbeans website.)
• During the Netbeans installation, you will be prompted to install the Glassfish servers. Install the Glassfish servers, accepting all default settings, including the default installation directories.
• Install Firefox web browser available from http://www.mozilla.com/
• Install Adobe Acrobat (or similar) PDF-viewer available from http://www.adobe.com/.
• Lab files:
  • Download the lab files from the Sun Learning Services courseware site you have access to.
  • Unzip {SL425_revC.zip} into the "{student}" directory (you may need to create this directory first)and then remove {SL425_revC.zip}. On Solaris/Linux, move all the files from SL425_revC_0108/SL425_SOL_LF/* to the student directory. On Windows move all the files from SL425_revC_0108/SL425_WIN_LF/* to the directory of your choice (C:\SL425 is suggested.)
  • Remove the (now empty) SL425_revC_0107 directory and subdirectory.
  • Ensure that the PATH environment variable for the student account contain the bin directories of the Netbeans IDE and the Application Server.
  • Set the environment variable J2EE_HOME to the Glassfish Server install directory.
  • Set the environment variable JDK_HOME to the Java (JDK) installation directory.

Instructor Computer hardware & software#

Instructor PC should be set-up and configured as for student PCs. Additionally it will need to be connected to a projector and should have the course overhead-slides installed into a suitable directory. The slides are available from your Sun Education download site, and are located in the file {SL425_OHPDF_revC_1207.zip}. This file should be unzipped.

Important#

Please ensure that labfiles and overhead slides are installed for the most recent revision of the course materials. To the best of my knowledge, this is currently Revision C.