2) Run the installer that you just downloaded. (Just keep clicking next, install etc the defaults are fine).
3) Start Netbeans:
4) It should load with the screen below:
5) Click File-> New Project and you should get a pop up like so:
6) Make sure java application is selected and click next.
7) Change the project name to 'HelloWorld' (one word) like below before clicking finish.
8) Your screen should now look like this:
9) Remove the words 'package helloworld;' for now as well as all the greyed out text (comments). We will explain this later.
10) Move the file out of the package on the left pane into its own space and delete the package it was within after doing this. Now your screen should look like below:
11) Explanation of classes and main method.
12) Type System.out.println("Hello World"); within the main block.
13) Explanation of what this does.
14) Click the big green Play button to run the project.
15) You should see the words 'Hello World' in the output window of the IDE.
16) Congratulations, you just built and ran your own java application!
