MARS-UCA - v1.7.0 - Download

About

Modification of the MARS program originally written by Kenneth Vollmar and Pete Sanderson at Missouri State University.

DISCLAIMER: Any and all rights are reserved by the aforementioned entities. I do not own this program, nor am I involved in its development. These modifications are provided solely for the benefit of its users.

This version of MARS is specifically modified for usage in CSCI 2340 - Assembly Language Programming, offered by the University of Central Arkansas.

Requirements

Java SE 8 (JDK 8 / JRE 8) or later

Usage

To use the program itself, download the MARS-UCA.jar file in the top-level directory. To run it you can either:

Double-click the file
Run java -jar MARS-UCA.jar in the file's directory

Modification

This repository is structured as an IntelliJ IDEA Maven project and can be used as such. Additionally, if IDEA is not the desired environment, the attached jar file can be extracted into the original source files.

Changelog

List of modifications from the original version currently include:

v1.7.0

Program Changes:
- Added the ability to close an opened file by clicking on the x icon on the file tab - Basic implementation credit goes to Oracle Forums User 843804
- Added the ability to use Windows snap layouts like most programs
Project Changes:
- Removed unnecessary inclusions to bring jar file size down by >20%
- Added GitHub workflows to build and test against multiple different Java versions, deploy jar to github packages and create relase

v1.6.0

Project Changes:
- Separated source and resource files to match typical Java project structure
- Added Maven build system to project

v1.5.0

Project Changes:
- Restructured repository to work as an IntelliJ IDEA project
- Changed build settings to run program in IDEA and export runnable jar without requiring a .bat script
- Recompiled attached .jar file to Java 8

v1.4.0

Project Changes:
- Added a OpenJDK version of the program which should run natively on all UCA computers

v1.3.0

Program Changes:
- File browser moved to top panel alongside edit and execute tabs
- Added the ability to load files for editing directly from the file browser
  - Double-click a file to open it in the main window
- Files now save with proper name instead of mips1.asm when using "Save As" option
- Added FlatLAF theming options courtesy of aeris170
  - Select "Settings" from the menu bar and then "Themes..." from the dropdown menu to change themes

v1.2.0

Program Changes:
- Implemented file browser tab in messages pane - Basic implementation credit goes to Ian Darwin

v1.1.0

Program Changes:
- Replaced JFileChooser with FileDialog as the default file opening choice
- Replaced JFileChooser with FileDialog as the default file saving choice

v1.0.0