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Getting Started with Java and OS X

 
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As an oldster trying to lean enough Java to make a web based application for analysis of archaeomag data, I need some help in getting going. I can find more information than I need about Java as a language.

In the sixties and seventies I did real time assembly and Fortan applications so I have some idea of what I am tryig to do. I even have a small spec I wrote to guide the developenmt of the application I want.

I can't find enough information to use my Mac to make any of the samples I found do more than make error messages.

I am using TERMINAL and the text editor on my OS X (10.4.1) system.

I took the ShowShapes code from the code barn. They all compile with a similar error.

RALurker:~ ghein$ javac /users/ghein/ajava/Cirle.java
/users/ghein/ajava/Cirle.java:4: class Circle is public, should be declared in a file named Circle.java
public class Circle implements Shape
^
1 error

RALurker:~ ghein$ javac /users/ghein/ajava/box.java
/users/ghein/ajava/box.java:3: Box is not abstract and does not override abstract method getPathIterator(java.awt.geom.AffineTransform,double) in java.awt.Shape
public class Box implements Shape
^
1 error

RALurker:~ ghein$ javac /users/ghein/ajava/Shape.java

RALurker:~ ghein$ javac /users/ghein/ajava/box.java
/users/ghein/ajava/box.java:3: Box is not abstract and does not override abstract method getPathIterator(java.awt.geom.AffineTransform,double) in java.awt.Shape
public class Box implements Shape
^
1 error

RALurker:~ ghein$ javac /users/ghein/ajava/Poly.java
/users/ghein/ajava/Poly.java:3: Poly is not abstract and does not override abstract method getPathIterator(java.awt.geom.AffineTransform,double) in java.awt.Shape
public class Poly implements Shape
^
1 error

The question for you all is what am I doing wrong?

I have been reading "Head First Java" and getting error with thier first two examples.

It seems foolish to proceed until I can get the simple examples to work.
 
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Hi gary, welcome to the Ranch.

Your questions are basic Java concepts and are not specific to your use of OS X as a platform (great choice, by the way). So I'm going to move this along to our Java in General (beginner) forum where it will get more exposure.

See ya there!

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