Java Beginner: Lesson 0

In order to be able to start programming we will need an IDE. For all the exaples of code NetBeans IDE is used. For the complete beginners it is advisable to use the same tool, but if you are familiar enough with programming you are free to choose.
It is easy and free to obtain NetBeans IDE. From the website of NetBeans, netbeans.org, can be downloaded this IDE. By the time that this post was written the website had the view bellow:

Figure 1: netbeans.org preview

As it can be seen from the preview above, the last version of this IDE is 8.2 in the time that this post was written.
In order to download the IDE, the yellow button with test "Download" on the right must be pessed. After pressing that button the following page will be shown:

Figure 2: NetBeans download page

From the page shown above, the Java SE download is selected by pressing the download button in the column "Java SE". After pressing the donwload button the download of the .exe file of the IDE will start. After the download process is complted the installation process will start.

The NetBeans 8.2 requires java 8 installed on the computer in order to be able to install and run properly. In order to install java 8 by the time that this blog is beeing written the java 8 can be found in the following link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html. In case you find difficulties to install the IDE please comment bellow and I would be happy to help.

After succesfully completed lesson 0 you can now follow lesson 1 by clicking here.

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