357mag

I downloaded and installed JBuilder Foundation cuz I thought I might like it. I've used the company's C++ Builder and it allowed me to do what I wanted. Now keep in mind here I'm just a beginner. I thought JBuilder would have a similar feature to what C++ Builder has, and what that is is you go into Menu and select New Project or New Application. You can then choose Console Application and a code window will open with perhaps just a few header files already there, but all the other code(the code that's contained in your example in your book) you would type in yourself like this example:

public class Welcome{
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Welcome to Java!");
}
}

And then you simply click Run and you get this:

Welcome to Java!

Quite simple. But in JBuilder there is no entry for console application. After you pick New Project you go through about 2 or 3 wizards and it opens up a code window with a whole bunch of code already there. I tried deleting all of it and just typing in my code for my example but I got all sorts of errors so I guess you can't do it that way.

Should I switch to a simpler IDE? Like maybe JCreator? Or would I be better of just downloading a Java text editor and then the Java language and doing it that way? Can you recommend an IDE that doesn't automatically generate a whole bunch of complicated code, one that you can easily start a new project, give it a name, and go to an empty code window and add your code?

I realize I don't know anything about Java so I'm really at square one here.