Learning to program is hard enough without having to grapple with the incidental complexities that Java presents. Hope your instructor is providing good handou

Learning to program is hard enough without having to grapple with the incidental complexities that Java presents. Hope your instructor is providing good handouts to get you started. If not, have a look at BlueJ. It has been developed to ease you into Java programming without the stumbling blocks that JDK throws at novices.