Newbie NEED HELP

[sam]

l am really new to Java. l need help and advice.

1. l need to use what type of editor to code the program ?
2. Use what compiler to compile the program ?
3. How to compile a Java program ?

Please help. Thanks in advance.

[Brian Rook]

"sam" <samsylvester@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>l am really new to Java. l need help and advice.
>
>1. l need to use what type of editor to code the program ?
>2. Use what compiler to compile the program ?
>3. How to compile a Java program ?
>
>Please help. Thanks in advance.
>

1. Download Jcreator standard ed. Its free (search with google.com engine
with keywords jcreator download. There are others out there too.
2. Go with Sun's JDK. Again, search with google keywords: download JDK

[Brian Rook]

"sam" <samsylvester@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>l am really new to Java. l need help and advice.
>
>1. l need to use what type of editor to code the program ?
>2. Use what compiler to compile the program ?
>3. How to compile a Java program ?
>
>Please help. Thanks in advance.
>

1. Download Jcreator standard ed. Its free (search with google.com engine
with keywords jcreator download. There are others out there too.
2. Go with Sun's JDK. Again, search with google keywords: download JDK.
3. What's nice about Jcreator is that you can compile and execute the program
right from the IDE with an icon click to compile and once error free, click
the icon to execute. Opens DOS prompt screen and you see the results.