Newbie? - Java Compiler

[Waves]

Hello-
I'm breaking into Java programming and would like to know of a good, preferably reasonably priced compiler.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[fredmv]

Welcome to the forums.

Everything you need to develop Java applications is completely free. To get a compiler, simply go to java.sun.com under J2EE v1.4 Downloads (http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/download.html#sdk). Further, if you were actually referring to a good Java IDE — that's also free, and available from the aforementioned location. It's called netBeans and it's a fairly decent Java IDE. Other options include JCreator (http://www.jcreator.com/index.htm) if you're on Windows, or Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/) regardless of your platform. Both are quite good.

Moreover, I'm moving your thread to the "other" section because Java and JavaScript are not the same.

[PeOfEo]

i am a fan of jcreator. borlan jbuilder is better for gui stuff.

[buntine]

Java is a fully-featured Object Oriented programming language, thus making it quite extensive and hard to learn from internet tutorials. I would suggest you buy a book on the basics of Java, esprecially if your just beginning programming or you have a procedural programming background.
This will make the whole process much simpler.

Regards,
Andrew Buntine.