[adam1185]

Hey there

I just got a mac about a month ago and I want to get java all set up with it using xcode. I installed xcode fine...never chagned anything. I went to the terminal to compile my little java program and that went fine but when I go to run it I get this annoying error "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: A5Q1/java"

The java file was A5Q1.java and to run it I typed "java A5Q1.java" and its located on my desktop. It also shouldn't have even have mattered whether or not xcode was installed for me to run or compile this right?

If you can help solve that problem it would be great, so I don't have to use my PC to run my java programs once school starts again in the fall

Also are there any other good coding programs out there for the mac that have a compile now button built in or something like that so I can just avoid the terminal?

Thanks

[itai195]

The command to run java programs is java <classname> without the brackets. You don't need the file extension.

There are a lot of Java IDEs for Mac OS X, I'd recommend searching this forum for past threads, I know it's been a common discussion topic. I've been using Eclipse lately.

[adam1185]

sweet. thanks for hte help...I really should have caught on to that

[Kristoff]

uh.....you compile first like so:

javac A5Q1.java

then you run like so:

java A5Q1


this is the same regardless of platform (windows, solaris, linux, OS X, etc)

Also, get NetBeans.

[Altair]

Another good ide for java is eclipse. I used it for my class last semester and it saved me lots of time.