I do have another question if you don't mind me asking jose. I know c++ to an extent, nothing to fancy but I took a course and feel confident in the basics. Java seems a bit more... complicated, I don't want to turn this into a java forum but java me is the language of the phone right? If I just download the JDK and do not download the NetBeans IDE, I can still compile my code correct? How would I do that. I am having a problem running a super basic code I made, it should just say
I am a simple program!
I had someone go over it and make sure my syntax was correct and they say it is, I have the .jar file in my dist folder under netbeans, (meaning i have cleaned and build the program) and I opened the cmd prompt(windows 7). I type in the exact path to the .jar file but it wont recognize it. if I type it in, it will say
The system cannot find the path specified
I am going to keep trying but I do not know how to make it run properly

any help would be appreciated, if you need to know any other piece of data, I would be glad to tell you. Just tell me what you need to know if this is not enough information.