A Brief Guide in using Kawa

To start Kawa

 At the windows menu select:

Start=> Middesex local software => Programming language =>Kawa 4.01

The Kawa interface is made up of 3 windows (see Fig A)

Window 1 All the projects and program you create are listed in this window

Window 2  Is the coding environment where you code your Java programs

Window 3  Displays information in respect to your compiling and running status. Any error messages will be displayed in this window

 Fig A

In KAWA a Project is a logical collection of files. Think of a project as simply a folder where you store your lab programs in.

To create a new project

Under the “Project” menu, select “New“ and enter the desired name (i.e. CMT1000.) of the Project in the New project dialog box (Fig B).

Fig B

The newly created project will then be added to the Project tab. (see Fig A Window1)

Now we have created a project, we need to create a file where we can put our code in, this file is essentially the program.

Under the “File” menu, select “New”. A window will open. (See Fig A window 2) This is where you code your program.

To save the file:

Under the “File” menu, select “Save as” and enter the desired name you wish to save the file as. Once you have saved the file a message box will appear, “select yes to add this file to the project otherwise select no” You select yes. The file is then added to your project (See Fig A window 1)

To compile the program:

Under “Build” menu, select “Compile” if there are no errors, a message will be displayed in window 3 saying “file compiled… no errors”, You are now ready to run your program.

To run the program:

Under “Build” menu, select “Run” The output of your program will be shown in window 3

Please note that that a project may contain more than one program, therefore you must tell Kawa which program you which to compile/Run.

You do this by “right clicking” on the program you wish to compile/run and choosing “Main Class” from the menu see Fig C.

 Fig C

There are other features in Kawa too numerous to be listed in this short guide. These features will aid you in your coding and productivity, so be adventurous and experiment!!