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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/30/15 7:06 AM, Windler, Mayumi A.
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<div>I made some corrections below:</div>
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Greetings, Oklahoma City tech community! Do you have a son
or daughter (or niece, nephew, grandchild, super-friendly
neighborhood child) who loves Minecraft? Does said
Minecraftian have an interest in learning how to program? If
so, this is your lucky day. The Oklahoma City Java User
Group would like to invite you and 0 or more or pint-sized
precocious progeny to our July session where we'll be
offering an introduction to programming using Minecraft
modding as the goal.
<br>
<br>
<b>What will we be doing?</b> We're going to be getting an
introduction to various programming concepts (types,
variables, loops, conditionals, classes, etc) using the Java
programming language. Having a concrete, usable goal is
always more interesting, so we'll learn these concepts as we
develop (and RUN!) simple Minecraft mods.<br>
<br>
<b>Will my <i>CHILD<Relationship></i> be an expert
programmer or modder when we're done?</b> Probably not,
but the hope is that this session will be enough to flatten
the learning curve a bit, leaving each child well-equipped
for further study, either self-directed or with you, as well
as with a taste for how fun programming can be.<br>
<br>
<b>How old does you mini-me need to be?</b> That's entirely
up you. If you have, say, a 6 year-old who's comfortable
with compilers and API docs, then that's old enough for us.
<br>
<br>
<b>Is there anything we need to install before we come?</b>
There certainly is. Our time will be limited, so it would be
extremely helpful to have a basic, working environment
already set up. While you are free to use any IDE you want,
I will be using NetBeans, the Free (and TOTALLY AWESOME) IDE
from Oracle, which can be downloaded from <a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://netbeans.org" target="_blank">
http://netbeans.org</a>. You will also need a working Java
environment, as well as a relatively current copy of the
Minecraft Forge plugin development kit. I'll have detailed
instructions at the end of this email to help you set up
your environment.<br>
<br>
<b>This sounds great? When and where is it?!</b> In a
departure from our normal schedule (which will be
significant only for normal JUG attendees), we will be
meeting on Monday, July 13 at 11:30AM at Prototek, which is
located at 10th and Hudson in Oklahoma City (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://goo.gl/maps/tD26c" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/tD26c</a>).
You can park in the dirt lot Hudson, just north of Park
Place. Do not park ON Park Place, as I own both that and
Boardwalk, and my improvements there are guaranteed to ruin
you.<br>
<br>
<b>What should we bring to the session?</b> To participate,
you will obviously need a laptop to work, with one per
laptop per child being ideal. If you are bringing multiple
wee ones and need to share, that would be fine. If you don't
have a laptop and just want to come listen, that will work
as well. :)<br>
<br>
<b>That's right during lunch. What's wrong with you people?</b>
Nothing that some free pizza can't solve, so bring your
appetites!<br>
<br>
<b>Is there anything else we need to know?</b> That's about
it. Come prepared to have fun and learn. And don't forget
your questions!<br>
<br>
We're pretty excited about this session and hope to see LOTS
of kids come out for a fun time.<br>
<br>
<font color="#ff0000"><big><big><big><big><big><b>Detailed
Pre-Meeting Instructions</b></big></big></big></big></big></font><br>
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<br>
I made that really large for two reason: I really wanted to
use that formatting bar in Thunderbird that I've ignored for
so long, and I wanted to make sure you don't miss this part.
:) You *can* come and set up your laptop at the meeting, but
we won't have time to do that as a group, so we'll have to
keep moving while you're setting up. If you have to do that,
that's fine. I hope to conscript a few of the JUG leaders to
act as workshop assistants in case anyone needs help
installing the various pieces. Another issue is bandwidth:
Prototek will let us use their wifi, but regardless of their
bandwidth, when two dozen people start downloading all of
the dependencies, it probably won't be fast. :)<br>
<br>
What do you need to download then? These three things:<br>
<ol>
<li>Java - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html"
target="_blank">
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index-jsp-138363.html</a>.
You will need the Java SDK, and I would suggest the
latest version, which is currently Java SE 8u45.
Download the installer appropriate for your platform and
install it.
</li>
<li>NetBeans - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://netbeans.org/downloads/" target="_blank">
https://netbeans.org/downloads/</a> - You will need
the Java SE version. Again, get the installer
appropriate for your platform and install it.
</li>
<li>Minecraft Forge - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.8-11.14.1.1341/forge-1.8-11.14.1.1341-src.zip"
target="_blank">
http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.8-11.14.1.1341/forge-1.8-11.14.1.1341-src.zip</a>
- There are platform-specific installers, but I'd just
get this zip
</li>
</ol>
<p>With those downloaded and installed, extract the zip file
(using the tool of your choice) in a directory. Mac and
Linux users can do this:<br>
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<p>$ cd ~<br>
$ mkdir MinecraftMods<br>
$ cd MinecraftMods<br>
$ unzip $PATH_TO_ZIP/forge-1.8-11.14.1.1341-src.zip<br>
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<p>Wherever you've extracted, you will need to open a shell
(or command prompt) and run this command in that
directory:<br>
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<p>$ ./gradlew setupDecompWorkspace --refresh-dependencies<br>
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<p>(Windows users can leave off the leading ./)<br>
</p>
<p>Once that is done, open up NetBeans, then click File |
Open Project and navigate to this directory. Hopefully,
this directory will show up as a Gradle project. If it
does not, you will need to install the Gradle plugin ( Go
to Tools | Plugins and install "Gradle Support".) After a
few seconds, you should see the project open in the
Project view, with several nodes beneath in the tree. To
test things, click on the project node (it should be
called MinecraftMods), click Tasks, Run, and runClient.
After a few seconds, you should see Minecraft start up.
Congratulations, you should be ready to go.<br>
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<p><b>Whew! That's kind of hard to follow!</b> If you're
like me and like to see pictures, you can see these same
instructions on the NetBeans blog at
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/seamless_minecraft_forge_in_netbeans"
target="_blank">
https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/seamless_minecraft_forge_in_netbeans</a>.<br>
</p>
<p><b>But I don't like NetBeans. I like pain!</b> There may
be some Eclipse fans out there. If just
<i>have</i> to use Eclipse, you can generate the Eclipse
project files by running "gradlew eclipse".<br>
</p>
<p><b>NetBeans is nice and all, but I prefer to buy things.
Can I use IDEA?</b> Sure! Just run "gradlew idea" to
generate the project files.
<br>
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<p><b>Is that "all"?</b> Should be. Pretty simple, huh? :P
If you run into problems, try to do as much as you can
before you come, and you can either ask for help on the
JUG mailing list (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://okcjug.org/contact-us" target="_blank">http://okcjug.org/contact-us</a>)
or, worst-case scenario, wait until the day of the JUG and
get help there (though it would help to arrive early ;).<br>
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