Gild Student Documentation

Welcome to Gild. Here are the topics covered in this documentation.

  1. Gild Introduction
  2. Workbench Overview
  3. Gild Perspective: Features
    1. A: Gild Resource View
    2. B: Gild Editor
    3. C: Gild Debug View
    4. D: Other Views
  4. Accomplishing Common Tasks
    1. Openning the Gild Perspective
    2. Creating a New Gild Project
    3. Importing Archived Projects
    4. Adding a Java File
    5. Creating a New Java File
    6. Importing Files into Your Project
    7. Editing a Java File
      1. Cutting/Copying Text
      2. Pasting Text
      3. Shifting Text
      4. Undoing Edits
      5. Adding/Removing Bookmarks
      6. Adding/Removing Tasks
      7. Adding/Removing Breakpoints
    8. Saving Files
    9. Exporting (Backing Up) Projects and Files
      1. Export (Archive) Projects
      2. Export Files to Disk
    10. Compiling/Building
    11. Running Java Programs
    12. Understanding Compiler Errors and Warnings
    13. Understanding Logic Errors (Bugs)
      1. Example: The PowerOfTwo Program
      2. Step 1: Setting Breakpoints
      3. Step 2: Running the Debugger
      4. Step 3: Interpreting the Gild Debug View
      5. Step 4: Stepping
      6. Step 5: Terminating the Program
      7. Step 6: Making Changes
      8. Step 7: Recursive Debugging