BlueJ
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 Screenshot of BlueJ | |
| Original author(s) | Michael Kölling and John Rosenberg |
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| Developer(s) | BlueJ Team |
| Stable release | 5.3.0
/ March 20, 2024 |
| Written in | Multilingual |
| Type | Integrated development environment |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later with the Classpath exception |
| Website | bluej |
BlueJ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for the Java programming language, developed mainly for educational purposes, but also suitable for small-scale software development. It runs with the help of Java Development Kit (JDK).
BlueJ was developed to support the learning and teaching of
History
The development of BlueJ was started in 1999 by Michael Kölling and John Rosenberg at Monash University, as a successor to the Blue[2] system. BlueJ is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Blue was an integrated system with its own programming language and environment, and was a relative of the Eiffel language. BlueJ implements the Blue environment design for the Java programming language.
In March 2009, the BlueJ project became
BlueJ is currently being maintained by a team at King's College London, England, where Kölling works.
Supported language
BlueJ supports programming in Java and in Stride.[3] Java support has been provided in BlueJ since its inception, while Stride support was added in 2017.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-3-540-77933-9.
- ISBN 0-89791-757-X.
- ^ Stride
Bibliography
- Barnes, David J.; Kölling, Michael (May 12, 2011). Objects First with Java: A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ (5th ed.). ISBN 978-0-13-249266-9.
- Kölling, Michael; Quig, Bruce; Patterson, Andrew; Rosenberg, John (Aug 9, 2010). "The BlueJ System and its Pedagogy". Computer Science Education. 13 (4): 249–268. S2CID 2805887.