OK, so I've got the book
Head First Java and I've downloaded and set up everything it said I needed to. I've created the MyFirstApp.java file in wordpad (I made sure to get rid of the .txt extension).
Now here's my hard part. Compiling it.
How do I ad an entry to my path enviroment variable inside my main java directory (C:\Java)?
After that, I actually compile the code typing '% javac' at the command line . . . of what? Command Prompt?
The book shows compiling (once you get past all that stuff) being as simple as "javac MyFirstApp.java", but I'm finding this much more difficult.
I feel I've overlooked something simple, or there's some common knowledge that I've yet to know. Any help explination, or correction to what I'm doing would be greatly appreciated.