Thread: hello world script. probably really basic help

Always treat a pile of errors as ONE error. The first error reported. In this case:
unclosed string literal
It means there is a literal string with the closing " missing.
Once the compiler hits an error like this, the following errors may not be real errors. Fix the first (and considered only) error, and try to compile again. Then work on the first and only error again if there is one.

How are you writing, compiling, and executing you code? Are you using an ordinary text browser? If so, yuck. Those make things immensely more difficult. Try using an IDE (integrated development environment) such as Eclipse (my personal preference, but I guess only because it's the only one I ever tried) or Netbeans. It looks like, as JPS said, you forgot to end a string with a quotation mark (you probably pasted the code then accidentally deleted it). With Eclipse (and probably Netbeans too), an error like that would be highlighted in the code window with a big ugly red underline and the IDE would warn you when you tried to launch.

As someone who started out using eclipse then went to compiling and running codes through the terminal/command prompt i would recommend not starting out with an IDE. But this is coming from someone who was and still kind of is a complete noob with computers in general. By doing everything manually it forced me to see where my files are being saved and made me compile things on my own (rather than just clicking run). Being able to use the command line is just a good thing to know in general, too. Once i get better at writing code i will immediately jump back to an IDE because it really is the best way to go for professional use by far.

Looks like you're doing Bucky's tutorials too. He is entertaining for sure but be careful with his sloppy style, particularly in that Java for Beginners course.

Just make sure you learn good coding practice like the naming of classes and the case you use. Classes should start with a capital letter.

I feel his course would have been that much better if he pointed out stuff like that. At the same time it probably wouldn't have been as much fun to watch.

One tutorial he even refers to ex girlfriends as fish1 and fish2. Crazy guy.

Good luck OP

In a class called tuna too i believe :/ Bucky is funny. A mixture of his tutorials and a few other sites isn't a bad route to take.