macOS Help with "Hello, World" in Java

[mgs27]

Hi, I'm completely new to java and was trying to run the "Hello, World" thing.
This is what I typed into the terminal window:

username$ ~/introcs/hello> javac HelloWorld.java

and this is what I got:
-bash: /Users/username/introcs/hello: is a directory

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong??
Thanks!

 

[mfram]

Post the code. What's the class called? It better be called HelloWorld or there will be problems. It's my experience when using javac command-line that the class name better match up with the file name. But maybe that's not your issue.

 

[dylanryan]

This has nothing to do with the code. The problem is, you are trying to paste the prompt that your teacher included to show you as part of the command.

Just try this:

javac HelloWorld.java

 

[Mvkoe]

Can't you just use an IDE like eclipse for java and press run ?