I set the PATH stuff and whatnot, and the Sun tutorial says type in "javac first.java". Unfortunately I don't have a javac.exe file in my bin directory.

javac is an executable command which comes as part of the jdk package. You will be executing javac command from your command prompt which is part of Windows. Windows doesn't have any idea as where to ...

To learn part of a new API or even some important Java nuance, you'll often find it useful to run a short bit of code. In this Java Tip, Shawn Silverman explains how to easily and quickly test one ...

The Java programming language compiler ( javac ) provided by Oracle (and formerly by Sun) has several non-standard options that are often useful. One of the most useful is the set of non-standard ...