Ok thank you!! I already have NetBeans downloaded and I understand it a little bit but should I use that along with the book? It says here
"You need a text editor. Virtually any text editor will do. Notepad, Worldpad, Textedit all work as long as you make sure they dont append a txt on to the end of your source code"
I've read many tutorials that simply use Notepad then command prompt to run small beginner programs but I am more than happy to use NetBeans or any other suggested.
This is where I got confused here ill re type exactly what it says.
"Once you've downloaded and unpacked/zipped/whatever (depends on which version and for which OS), you need to add an entry to your PATH environment variable that points to the /bin directory inside the main Java directory. For example, if the J2SDK puts a directory on your drive called "J2sdk1.5.0", look inside that directory and you'll find the "bin" directory where the Java binaries (the tools) live. Tha (I think they meant 'that' might've been a typo) bin directory is the one you need a PATH to, so that when you type : % javac at the command-line, your terminal will know how to find the javac cimpiler."
I had no idea what it means by the above paragraph, if you could just summarize or explain it that would be of great help. Thanks to everyone in advance!!