Have some questions about C++ and java?

[crunkbbfe]

What would you prefer over the two to use?
And another questions is when using Java how do you compile it to a Class file i have the SDK and netbeans but i dont fully understand netbeans and i tried to use the notepad and a lot of tutorials say go to command and type in javac "filename" but javac is not recognized, help please?

And any tutorials would help :]]

Thanks , Tyler

[Spookster]

What language you use depends on what you need to do. Different languages have certain features which are better for different applications or situations.

As for a java tutorial start with Sun's
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

C++
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[crunkbbfe]

I just want to learn to program some computer languages, i know php, hmtl, and javascript fairly well.<P>
What compiler would you recomend for C++?

[Spookster]

For C++ I like to use Dev C++. It's a free development environment which comes with the mingw GCC based compiler.

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

[crunkbbfe]

Thank you, i will give it a shot :]