New to Java... Help?

[JavaDog97]

I'm just starting to relearn Java, after giving up on it several months ago, and I am working on my hello world project.
I have Netbeans but I decided to give Notepad++ a try for a chance at something simpler.
However, after I saved my .java file and went into my cmd, I couldnt compile it.
I typed in, "javac HelloWorld.java", minus the quotes, and got the error, "javac is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
My java version is 1.7.0_09 and my JDK is up to date.
Can anyone identify the problem?
Or would it be better for me to go back to netbeans?

Ps. What I am aiming to ultimately do is to create a simple game and I am not familiar enough with netbeans structure to do that. Thats why I decided to use notepad++.

[DrummondAW]

I'm not familiar with Netbeans, but have you tried Eclipse? Eclipse is simply amazing.

[JavaDog97]

I have looked at it but I haven't really played around with it. For some reason installing it was a real PITA for me...

[Junky]

This has been asked and answered a gazillion times. You need to update your path environment variable. There are instructions on how to do this somewhere on the Oracle website.

[DarrylBurke]

Please go through the Forum Rules -- particularly the third paragraph.

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[JavaDog97]

Hey guys sorry about the annoyance, tried to get the question out in a hurry. Anyway I got it fixed and I am on the road to relearning java again! :D

[quad64bit]

Gratz!