Need Help please

Ok, i am VERY new to java and any type of programming,
After making a hello world application i wanted to do something with variables.
i got the basic code and adapted it so terminal would compile it. here it is

public class VariableTest {

public VariableTest() {
int first, second;
first = 1;
second = 2;

System.out.println ("a is " + first); // 's' in system must be capital
}//end of class

} //end of program


so i compiled it in terminal then i tried running it with "java VariableTest" to which terminal replies

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

and it didnt run my program, can someone tell me what i need to do to fix this?
thanks for reading
ollie
PS i use mac by the way

Lesson: A Closer Look at the "Hello World!" Application (The Java™ Tutorials > Getting Started)
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Originally Posted by DarrylBurke

Lesson: A Closer Look at the "Hello World!" Application (The Java™ Tutorials > Getting Started)
Execution

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what? this does not answer my request.

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Originally Posted by gullar

what? this does not answer my request.

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If that doesn't, nothing will. Or did you expect someone here to do your homework for you?

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nope, i just expected someone to be nice, and point out my mistake. Not provide me with a link as helpful as saying 'google.com'

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Originally Posted by gullar

nope, i just expected someone to be nice, and point out my mistake. Not provide me with a link as helpful as saying 'google.com'

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The tutorial *will* show you what you're doing wrong. You can debate this here or you can look at the link. For my money, I'd choose the latter.

ok, now terminla says:
VariableTest.java:2: missing method body, or declare abstract
public static void main(String[] args);
^
1 error

Have re-look at that tutorial as that's not how you write a main method. Note that every part has to be perfect as the compiler is very picky. This includes semicolons.

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i tried running it with "java VariableTest"

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When you try running it with java VariableTest, Java tries to run the method main in VariableTest. Since you do not have a main method, Java tells you:

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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main

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Does this help you ?