I'm a Java Newbie.

[Darryl Neeley]

=P I need to know, how to get my source code to compile. I have J2SE, which comes with Javac. I need to know about how to get it to compile it. Like I said, I'm a major newb to Java. =P

[marc weber]

Welcome to JavaRanch!

Try this Hello World example, which takes you through the steps.

If you have problems, please post back with the specific issue.

[Darryl Neeley]

Thank you. I finally figured it out. Thank you for your help, and thanks for welcoming me here. I plan on learning Java rather quickly, so I'll probably be a familiar face here in the Help Thread. =P

[Darryl Neeley]

Now, another question. How do I get the path "Javac" to be set to where I can simply go "javac HelloWorldApp.java" instead of having to type the entire File Address?

I've went into System and Enviroment Variables, and I have it set to:
Name: javac
Address: C:\j2sdk1.4.2_11\bin\javac

What else do I need to do to get it to work?

[Mark Van Tuyl]

You need to go into System and Environment variables and add
C:\j2sdk1.4.2_11\bin\
to the 'path' variable.

Alternatively, you can add
%JAVA_HOME%
to the 'path' variable.
[ March 18, 2006: Message edited by: Mark Van Tuyl ]

[marc weber]

For more details, see this step from Sun's installation instructions (1.4.2 for Windows).

[Darryl Neeley]

But what do I put as the name? Isn't that how it's brought up? I've got this as what it is. Tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Name: javac
Value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin

[marc weber]

The name of the system variable is PATH.

The value for this variable could be a list of different paths, each separated by semicolons (assuming a Windows operating system). Listed among these paths should be...

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin