Step 1 (Continued)

(Note: here is where Windows 95 is different. In Windows 95, the DOS window fills the screen and there is no convenient way to get out of it. If your are using Windows 95 do not start DOS here.) Here is what it looks like when I start the Command Prompt window on my computer:

After the command prompt window has started, you will see something like below.

Both Notepad and the command prompt window are running, each in their own window. This is the situation that these Java notes assume — that you will always have and editor for creating Java programs and a command prompt window for compiling and running them. But if you are using some other environment (such as Symantec Café) you will be able to do this with only slight adjustments.