hey guys, i am completely new to programming but I am trying hard, however the tutorial for a helloworld application on eclipse is bugged im sure either that or im being stupid.
when it gets to the stage where i am creating my helloworld class, i select HelloWorld/src as requested but then it says enter helloworld as the class name which i do but when it says select the checkbox to create main() method, there is no such check box there.
the checkboxes there are:
public
default
abstract
final
then it says which method stubs would you like to create?
public static void main(string[]args)
constructors from super class
inherited abstract methods
I notice it says main once in all of them check boxes but never main()
please dont slate this question i really need help and this is the place to get it i believe.
kindest of regards
paul
Paul, there’s a good point by Chris W. that it is somewhat difficult to find the explicit question in your plea, but it sounds to me like you have a legitimate problem.
Your problem is that the doc is outdated. Eclipse has gone through many versions and the user interface has changed slightly between versions, while the doc has not always followed.
In your case, you need to click “generate the main(string[] args) method stub”, or whichever checkbox most resembles that one.
To learn about the main() method in java, I suggest a java tutorial from its proprietor’s pages, for example here.