Exercise Startup
You need to get used to keeping a logbook in the lab. It can be analog (i.e. on paper) or digital. Make sure that you label and date your logbook. Keep track of everything you do in the logbook – even if you are really excited and want to keep playing. You will save time later if you can easily retrace your steps. Your lab leader will show you how to set up an online logbook. Make a logbook for today and take notes on what we do. This will be turned in as a lab report this week. Don’t forget your name!
- first chose a location for Greenfoot and the Scenarios: On the lab pcs, use your home directory, on your own laptop it’s up to you. Think of a useful folder structure – maybe
- …/info1/greenfoot/greenfoot – for the greenfoot installation
…/info1/greenfoot/scenarios – for the greenfoot scenarios. - The scenarios will hold the files you might want to save/backup or turn in as part of your exercise.
- if you install it on the lab pc, use the “Pure Java” version, as it does not require any modifications to the machine configuration and java is already installed on the machine.
- if you want to install it on your own computer, you also need java. If you don’t have it yet, follow the “Download JDK” button on the greenfoot download page, then install Greenfoot.
- The download page can be found at: https://www.greenfoot.org/download
- Then download the first kara scenario from github (there is a “ZIP” Button!) and unpack it in your scenarios folder. Then open Greenfoot and open the scenario – now you can play around with Kara!
When it comes time to log out, be very careful. Computers can be very fussy about this. Think of it as a friend who will be insulted if you do not properly say goodbye. The proper way is to click on the icon that looks like a power button and select “Benutzer abmelden” or to click on the Start button (yes, Windows is a bit strange). You might be asked if you want to remember what you were doing, you can choose to do this, or not. Try out both sometime. This is also a choice “herunterfahren”. Selecting this is the one and only way to safely prepare the machine for powering down. Never power down the machine without doing this first. Once you have logged out, please turn the machine and screen off if they didn’t shut off automatically, put your chair back under the table, and clean up any garbage that may have accumulated.
Your mother doesn’t work here.