Subj : Re: java error
To   : comp.programming
From : blmblm
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 05:19 pm

In article <OJoIe.30769$d5.183612@newsb.telia.net>,
akarl  <fusionfive@comhem.se> wrote:
>Alex5222@everestkc.net wrote:
>> I've just started programming in java and when I try to compile the
>> hello world program that came off of the java tutorial and it gave me
>> the following error:
>> 
>> helloworldapplet.java:8: class HelloWorld is public, should be declared
>> in a file named HelloWorld.java
>> public class HelloWorld extends Applet {
>>        ^
>> 1 error
>> 
>> Here's the code for that program:
>> 
>> import java.applet.*;
>> import java.awt.*;
>> 
>> /**
>>  * The HelloWorld class implements an applet that
>>  * simply displays "Hello World!".
>>  */
>> public class HelloWorld extends Applet {
>>     public void paint(Graphics g) {
>>         // Display "Hello World!"
>>         g.drawString("Hello world!", 50, 25);
>>     }
>> }
>
>Okay, I have a question about Java.
>So, where can I ask this question?
>Ah, probably in a newsgroup.
>Is there any newsgroup related to Java?
>Probably.
>But, how do I find it?
>Let's see, Java is a programming language and programming languages are 
>a computer thing.
>Mm... Java, programming languages, computers. Let's reverse that: 
>computers, programming languages, Java.
>Ah! comp.lang.java

Better yet, one of the comp.lang.java.* newsgroups.  For beginner
questions such as the OP's, comp.lang.java.help would be good.

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