Thread: First line of Java Programming- package help

Alright I am using Netbeans IDE 6.9.1

When I start a new project I get very lil code on the right hand side.

The very first line (of actual code, not the comments) is package javaapplication11;

Now I am watching/reading/listening to some tuts on youtube. The person on youtube is using Eclipse and can just go straight to typing

public class Main{}

I want to be able to just do that. Go straight to typing class so I can follow along with the tuts. But if I take out the package statement it wont let me continue.

Says missing package statement.

Am I just completely overlooking something?

I know this is a really really basic question that may be easy to most of you but like I said Im just learning this stuff.

Any help greatly appreciated it.

Oh and hello to all of you lol.

That line means it's part of a package. You may run into problems if you remove that as it might not recognize stuff that might be in other classes that the tutorial might be using that are in that package.

In any IDE, when you write java class. your first line of code is package, but it need not be necessary. once you started writing your java class and inside that if you are trying to write the code which required some specific package, then you have to declare untill then not required.

for your information java.lang is default package.

Note: if you are writing your java class in any private folder then you have declare the package accordingly.

Thanks
Motilal