First dumb question

[Steve Janvrin]

I just started using the Head First Java book to learn Java. I created my source file using the code from page 7. It is:

public class MyFirstApp {

public static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.println ("I Rule!");
System.out.println ("The World");
}
}

I don't see any errors, but I get the following when I attempt to run it:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: MyFirstApp

Please advise.

Also - am I in the right place for questions this basic?

Steve Janvrin.

[Joe Ess]

Welcome to the Java Ranch. So many people have this problem, it made the FAQ. And yes, you are in the right place to ask the most very basic questions.
Good Luck!

[K Riaz]

try

java -cp . MyFirstApp

[Matt Fielder]

what did you save the file as?

[Steve Janvrin]

I saved the file as .java. I'll try the suggestions and post again if I still have problems. Thanks for the quick replies.

Steve.

[Matt Fielder]

sorry I should have typed more.
One of my early mistakes was that I didn't know that the file name and class name had to be the same.

[Steve Janvrin]

Matt - thanks for the clarification. I did indeed have the name of the file and the class name as the same thing.

I got the program to run successfully using Kashif's approach. Thanks again for the help.

Steve.