Welcome to CSFTC 2024!

• To start interacting with others, please see the Discussions board
• If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me via my student email— refer to the shared folder with the syllabus.

Starting with Kotlin

1. Set up your own directory under the submissions folder. Using the explorer on your right, right click submission and create a new folder, name it your first name. In this example, we'll assume your name is elizabeth.

2. Create your own Kotlin file within the ./submissions folder, under your name. Make sure it ends with .kt. We'll assume you've called it hello.kt.

   Your new file will be at ./submissions/elizabeth/hello.kt.

3. Using the terminal, that bar on the bottom of your screen (or press Ctrl + ` if you don't see it), enter the following command to change your directory into this one:

   If my name were elizabeth, I would do:

   cd ./submissions/elizabeth

4. Once you're done coding, compile the application using the Kotlin compiler:

   kotlinc hello.kt -include-runtime -d hello.jar

   The -d option indicates the output path for generated class files, which may be either a directory or a .jar file. The -include-runtime option makes the resulting .jar file self-contained and runnable by including the Kotlin runtime library in it.

5. Run the application:

   java -jar hello.jar

If you make changes to your code and want to run your application again, repeat steps 4 and 5.

Tip: Use the up and down arrow keys within the terminal to select previous commands, that way you don't have to type it again!