Newbe needs advice on which product to use

Hi, I�m completely new to java and looking for a good package for a newbe to use, I�d prefer a GUI but any advice will be appreciated. I know it�s a bit like asking what the best car to drive, they all get you from A to B, but I�d like to get from A to B with ease :-)
Cheers
Andy

A lot of people here recommend exactly that for beginners (Notepad plus Command Prompt). Developing code that way is slow but you learn what a classpath is and how to put your source code into directories organized the right way.
There are a lot of IDEs (Interactive Development Environments (I think)) available, but for many of them you'll spend a lot of time learning how to use the tool rather than learning how to program Java. That is a worthwhile investment of time for somebody who is going to be a Java programmer, but not necessarily for a beginner -- you don't know what to do, and you don't even know how to ask what to do.
There are a lot of "What's the best IDE" threads on this forum, you might find some of them if the search feature has been fixed up for the Year of the Rooster, but most of the regulars are starting to find them tiresome.

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So thanks in advance for any words of wisdom!!!!
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Thanks again! Peter

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http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/stories_dvdspstone.html

Need to know which query to use in BI 7.0 BI Statistics

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I want to develop a query that gives like user id, query name and how many times executed in a given period. We are using BI 7 stats content. I like to know what chars and key figures to be used on my query. My selection criteria is given a query name and period, retrieve userd ids and how many times executed.
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but u can desing ur query quickly
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from my xperience if u use 0TCT_MC02 it will give u detail steps so try to use this....
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,quad G5 Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.6)

musicians are used to do everything simultanously (=band), film/video is doing each thing after the other ;-):
I would
* record the video to a camcorder, incl. guitar/music but NO voice-over…
* import that into iM…
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* re-import the final audio track back to iM, create videoDVD, getting rich by selling zillions of them....
advantage: you concentrate on playing guitar OR telling the tricks&clues...
besides: whatfor you need Cubase in such a project...? or is it "Guitar IN Cubase"?

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boss to create a landing page. She asked me because I am the
graphic designer for all print material. She is well aware (as am
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> just out of curiousity, why never use the code that
Photoshop
> generates?
Because Photoshop (and any other graphics app that writes
HTML) are *TOO
GOOD* at what you have asked them to do, and that is to
create HTML to
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more
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> people love that PS generates code for them
Only those who don't understand could go in this category.
That markup is
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of what you see there is prototype-level stuff.
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> Hey thanks a lot, Murry for the feedback and I
appreciate it.
>
> and LOL...don't ask me where my boss came up with these
dimensions, for
> some
> reason she wants it to look as much like a post card as
possible....and I
> definately understand your point that designing for
print and web are 2
> COMPLETELY different animals....in which I conveyed to
her....Right now I
> create HTML emails, which is how I have learned
CSS...but understand that
> standards for email are VERY restricted compared to web.
>
> And you are correct to, I meant CSS layout vs tables.
Just what she asked
> for
> is all...
>
> And thank you very much, that's what I was looking
for......I should
> create
> the layout in Dreamweaver first....then slice up what I
created in PS
> (images
> only) and then bring them into dreamweaver?
>
> just out of curiousity, why never use the code that
Photoshop
> generates?...I've seen a couple of tutorials and read a
few forums where
> people
> love that PS generates code for them....(and sorry, not
questioning
> you.....but
> just looking for as much info as possible)
>
> Thank you very much....
>

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