Printing to the Console

If chances are that if you had to install Eclipse than you might be familiar with "Hello World." However if you aren't, then "Hello World" is the first step to learning java, it is learning how to use the console.

Let's start off by creating a new Java project by right clicking in the Package Explorer, selecting new, and pressing on the "New Java Project". We will then be prompted to name our project, let's name it "TheBasics", and press next. We will then create a new class by pressing on the "Create Class" button. Here is what it looks like:

Press the "create class" button and let's name it "Main", If the text is to small you can press crtl + equal sign. You will see that there is some text in the center of the screen, the editor. When you create a new class it should always start off with public class (class name) { }. Inside of the class brackets goes the code you want to write, outside of it are imports and package names.

Press into the editor and let's write our main method, this starts the entire program. The main method is:
public static void main(String args[]) {

}

Go ahead an write it inside of the class brackets. Our class should now look like this:

If we want to write something to the console, inside of the main method write: System.out.println(string);
Our class should now look like this:

You can run this program by pressing the run button which looks like this:

When you press it, there should be a string of words in the console that you have told Java to print. Mine looks something like this:

You can group many printlns to create many new lines. However, a better option would just be using "\n" which in a string tells Java to make a new line.

Which would you choose?

or

Both give the result of:

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