Compiling and Executing your Application

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In this section you will create your first Java application. It is very important that you know how to do this properly. While reading this book you will create many Java applications. Future sections will not re-explain how to do this, therefore it is important that you see how to do this now. There are several steps:

• Create a directory to contain your application
• Enter your application
• Compile your application
• Run your application

This section will show you how to complete each of these steps. We will begin with creating a directory.