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BlueJ environment was developed as part of a university research project about teaching object-orientation to beginners. The system is being developed and maintained by a joint research
GROUP at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK. The project is supported by Sun Microsystems.
The
AIM of
BlueJ is to provide an easy-to-use teaching environment for the Java language that facilitates the teaching of Java to first year students. Special emphasis has been placed on visualisation and interaction techniques to
Create a highly interactive environment that encourages experimentation and exploration.
BlueJ is based on the Blue system. Blue is an integrated teaching environment and language, developed at the University of Sydney and Monash University, Australia.
BlueJ provides a Blue-like environment for the Java language.
BlueJ supports:
- fully integrated environment
- graphical class structure display
- graphical and
Textual editing
- built-in editor, compiler, virtual machine, debugger, etc.
- easy-to-use interface, ideal for beginners
- interactive object creation
- interactive object calls
- interactive testing
- incremental application development