things needed to make a java program.?

Question

i need need need help! School's back on january 5, which is the deadline of my project, and we have to make a java program. we have everything we need to write on MS Notepad for the program (TicTacToe java program) and it says that i need to download J2SE 1.4.2 SDK to make it work. i googled it and found out it was a program used in making JAVA programs work. Unfortunately, the J2SE has reached its eosl or end of service life. when i tried downloading it, it said there was an error and i cant download it. please help. i really really need it to make sure that everything i did at home was write so i dont hav to spend a lot of time editing what i did at home in school.

Please and thank you! :D

Answer 1

Download the Java SE Development Kit (latest) from: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp



Hopefully it is backward compatible enough to compile your java code.

Answer 2

Being good with computers and being able to program are total different. Although they may sometimes go hand in hand, programming requires a pretty high level of logical competence. I'd say that if you were good at doing word problems in math class then you should be ok to code. You do not need C to do Java. Programming is often very similar across languages, with only the syntax changing (at least from my experience). But the way you think and they way you tackle programs is always the same. Some people pick it up very quickly and some people never get the hang of it. It's just like how some people are naturally artistic and some aren't. Programming is my art ^_^ I'm in a computer programming program and I love it. Java is a great thing to learn so have fun. If you want to start getting familiar, I recommend you download Eclipse and start making your own simple programs. If you want some help on future problems or any other tips, feel free to email as I'm always happy to help other budding programmers =)

Answer 3

Java 1.4 reached it's end of life over a year ago. Java 1.5 is nearing it's end of life now. You should download java 1.6, also called Java 6.



When you compile a program written with Java 1.4 under a 1.6 compiler you will probably find that you get a lot of compiler warnings about generic types. If your program was working under 1.4 you can safely ignore these warnings.



Also, use a syntax highlighting editor like notepad++ instead of plain notepad. It's a lot easier to read your code.



edit:

You're a little short on details, so I'll give you this tutorial for how to run a java program. If you're doing all of this, let us know what isn't working.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/win32.html