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How long you work with the console is dependent on the user :P IDE's are nice but many of them really complicate the build and run process, which is great for many users but make it hard for...

Ah-ha! Found it :P

It doesn't really go too much into detail on how to program in Java without an IDE, rather mostly explains some of the fallacies with using IDEs.

Writing a program with or...

It's very possible you are. I know there are several people who advocate learning to program without using an IDE first, then deciding later if you want to switch to an IDE or not. There's a post...

I think you missed a few steps:

Editing a Java file (scroll down a bit)

It has you create a Main class which contains the main method.