help picking

[gg4545]

if i was going to pick a program to begin programming for a beginner which program should i choose
JavaSE
JavaEE and GlassFish
JavaFX
JavaME
or any suggestions. I really am just asking the best way to find the most basic program to start from

[DarrylBurke]

Moved from New to Java.

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[sunde887]

Java SE

For installation instruction view this video: Java Programming Tutorial - 1 - Installing the JDK - YouTube

Write back if you run into any problems (you will be installing java 7 SE btw)

[gg4545]

I dont know how you troubleshoot these types of problems but i can give you what i know! I followed every step even went back through the steps to double check that i followed the steps correctly.. And when i type javac into the cmd prompt i get the words Error occurred during initialization of VM java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/object

[sunde887]

From cmd type path, and make sure you have the bin correctly in your class path. Make sure you have the latest java version (7). See if you have the java source code downloaded. It should be located in program files\java\jdk\src

[gg4545]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Leslie>path
PATH=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Windows\syst
em32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Window s\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v
1.0\;C:\Program Files\Dell\Dell Wireless WLAN Card;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common
Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files (x86)\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)
\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin;

C:\Users\Leslie>

This is what happens when I type path. How do I know if I have the source code? I follwed it to the src file and it only said source. Is that it?

[DarrylBurke]

What do you get if you type CLASSPATH?

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[gg4545]

C:\Users\Leslie>CLASSPATH
'CLASSPATH' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
C:\Users\Leslie>

[DarrylBurke]

That's all good, so far. And since this has developed into a thread about use of Java, rather than a question about what to learn, I'm moving it back to New to Java.

Go through the Lesson: Common Problems (and Their Solutions) (The Java™ Tutorials > Getting Started)

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