How to create your first JAVA Hello World program using
NETBEANS 8.0.2 IDE
1.
Click File then New Project
2.
Then select JAVA in the Categories Pane and JAVA
Application in the Project Type and Press NEXT button
3.
Then type as HelloWorld in the Project Name and Use Browse button to change the default location for saving your
project files. Then Press Finish Button.
4.
NetBeans IDE creates the complete JAVA program
for you by adding package, class and method as shown below
Now type the below program statement.
System.out.println("Hello World");
Now press on the
Execute button. Then this simple program will output by showing Hello World
message in the output screen as shown below.
Complete source code for this JAVA
program is as shown below
package
helloworld;
public class
HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello
World");
}
}
A short explanation of the above code is
A JAVA program consists of
Packages, A package combination of Classes and classes further composed of
variables and methods and furthers define the executable statements.
First line of code is reference to the package which contains the class
HellowWorld Class
package
helloworld;
Seconds line of the code define the class
public class
HelloWorld {
}
Third line defines the method inside the class
public static void
main(String[] args) {
}
Fourth line of the code is called executable portion called the
statement. When computer execute this statement it show the output on screen
System.out.println("Hello
World");
Output of this simple program is
Hello World
