Re: Very basic question

Lee David wrote:
I went to the sun site and downloaded what I hope is the development part of java. I downloaded JDK5 with Netbeans. I installed it and now have a folder in my program group "Netbeans". Is that java? Would I execute that to create a java application?

TIA, Lee


This is the Netbeans Java Developer IDE AND the JDK for developing Java apps.

The JDK5 should also be on your system say "C:\Program Files\jdk1.5.0_04". This is what you need to develop Java applications.

Netbeans is a Java developer IDE. You should see a Netbeans icon on your desktop. Just double click on that to bring up the Netbeans IDE.

Or select  Start \ NetBeans 4.1 \ NetBeans IDE

If you do not see the icon then just goto your Netbeans subdirectory and double click on "C:\Program Files\netbeans-4.1\bin\netbeans.exe"

Now that the Netbeans is open you will need to learn this IDE. You can play with the samples off the welcome screen.

You can use any number of Java developer IDE's out on the Internet that are also free.

If you have never developed Java code before I would recommend a easier IDE like JGRASP http://www.eng.auburn.edu/grasp/ or BlueJ http://www.bluej.org/




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