help me doing my first step in the java world

[the_joker]

hi everyone
can any one plz help me to get started

i ve written a little program but i just dont know where to compile it and how get it on
so can anyone give the essential first steps

and thanks a lot

[Waylander]

If you dont have the java sdk installed your going to need to go to the sun web site and download it, it think 1.5 is the newest major version.

Im not sure what editor you have written your sample application in, there is a thread a short while back of every one discussing the merits of thier favourite IDE.

Im still in favour of jcreator but there are some newer apps that have more tools and functionality, an IDE is good because once you have the sdk installed you can set up a profile and then compile and run from within the editor.

You can of course use the command line to compile (which is what the ide will automate for you) but a simple text-editor based IDE will quicken things up for you but still leave you complete control over your classes.

Good Luck :)

Waylander.

[Oak]

Read the sticky post by Khalid Ali at the top of the forum if you have any problems with the basics.

[the_joker]

thank u both guys

hope a day i can reach your exeperience to try to help :)

[the_joker]

one more time cant find which file i exactly need to download in the java.sun
my connection is really slow here (16kb)so cant try downloading the132mb file if not sure this is the right one for me

i have a winxp on my laptop
so can anyone specify which file shall i download

[chazzy]

yep, you need the big 132 meg SDK to get started.

[the_joker]

thank u for your reply