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Hey,
I am wanting to learn Java, and i was wondering where i can get a compiler from. I have looked all over the web for the 'Java Developement Kit' but cease to find it, even on the 'java.Sun.com' website which is poorly layed out!! If you could point me in the direction for this i will be greatful.
Also is it a hard programming language to learn? If it uses Formulas i should be alright.
Thankyou
James

Hugo Rune-Shanks wrote:

> Or (which is what I do now) grab a development GUI to do all the
> leg-work for you... (there are commercial GUI e.g. JBuilder, or there
> are a few free ones which you can grab from the Sun site)

Doesn't NetBeans add some crap to your code before compiling?

You could also use batch files to compile files together.

Silent Scope wrote:
> It's put itself into a j2sdk folder.. but no launch program in it
> anywhere.

Look in there for a folder called JDK or something like that.

Silent Scope wrote:
> Well got that Java SDK but how the feck do you use it?! :|

The SDK primarily just contains the command line compiler...

You could write your code in Edit, save it as a .java file and comile it in an open MS-DOS window (which is what I had to do when I was in college back in the old century)...

Or (which is what I do now) grab a development GUI to do all the leg-work for you... (there are commercial GUI e.g. JBuilder, or there are a few free ones which you can grab from the Sun site)

It doesn't work like that, there's no IDE for it... ok, just copy this;

class Test
{

public static void main (String[]args)

{
system.out.println("Gah");

}

}

into a text file, save it as Test.java and type javac -classpath . Test.java into the command line...

It's put itself into a j2sdk folder.. but no launch program in it anywhere.

Make a program in java
Compile it using javac
Run it using java, provided the previous step didn't show any errors

Silent Scope wrote:
> Well got that Java SDK but how the feck do you use it?! :|

I downloaded an old version of the JDK.

Well got that Java SDK but how the feck do you use it?! :|

I'd say a very good language to start on is Perl. It's not that hard to get into the basics of it and lets you ease yourself into other, more complex programming languages.

Never really looked into Java, mind.

Yeah, though I must point out g is a rubbish object name. I got told off for that by my tutor, even though I was just giving an example and the wasn't actually using it in handwritten code - just to save time on the board.