[Newbie101]

I am a beginner with computer programming with intentions of becoming a computer engineer. I am a junior in high school and I picked up a java book. I konw that java isn't recommended for beginners, but I also have heard that if you learn java, all the other languages will come fairly easy. I barely know html which I know is sad, but I'm willing to work.

I had a question regarding the command prompt. I can't seem to specify the precise location of a file. I am trying to write my first java application and I have downloaded a compiler. Now I need to specify the location of the compiler as well as the location of a .java file that I created (or supposedly created. I just copied it from the book). I'm sure there are many helpful computer programmers in this forum and I highly appreciate any help from anyone who responds to this post. Thank you.

Arthur

[Nikkon]

Java console programming is kinda worthless. If you are going to learn java you really should be learning GUI java (Mind you its the same language main difference is how I/O is handled). Most of the back end programming is done in either C++ or C (I prefer C). If you really want to do console programming pick up C or C++. If you want to stick with Java download sun's Java IDE here : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html (you want the J2SE v 1.4.2_10 SDK)