import java.swing.*; error - [SOLVED]

[gjon]

I get package java.swing does not exist. I am using BlueJ to test this sample and lo and behold it's not working for me. Is it not importing something correctly?

/* Wel.java
An applet to illustrate the display of a string
*/
import java.applet.*;
import java.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Wel extends JApplet
{
   // Create a content pane and a panel
   Container messageArea = getContentPane();
   MessagePanel myMessagePanel = new MessagePanel();

   // The init method adds the panel to the applet
   public void init()
   {
      messageArea.add( myMessagePanel );
   }
}

// The panel class on which the message is painted
class MessagePanel extends JPanel
{
   // The paintComponent method for this class
   public void paintComponent( Graphics grafObj )
   {
      grafObj.drawString( "Welcome to my home page!", 50, 50 );
   } 
}

[gjon]

Got it, it's javax.swing. Thanks for looking.

[vagabon]

Bluej sucks! One of my online classes is 'teaching' me Java using BlueJ. His instrcutions suck, he won't answer questions and he dislikes me because I informed him of his falure to provide adequet instruction. His reply was, "The poor instructions are not my fault, KVHS purchased them from Florida." Why would you purchase a class for programming from Florida, they can't even count!

Excuse my rant
Vagabon

[x-ice]

Bluej sucks! One of my online classes is 'teaching' me Java using BlueJ. His instrcutions suck, he won't answer questions and he dislikes me because I informed him of his falure to provide adequet instruction. His reply was, "The poor instructions are not my fault, KVHS purchased them from Florida." Why would you purchase a class for programming from Florida, they can't even count!

Excuse my rant
Vagabon

So you dont like BlueJ because you have a rubbish instructor? If you are taught to programme using BlueJ by a good teacher then BlueJ is amazing. I am learning Java with BlueJ and i think is great, but only for beginners.

[gjon]

i agree with vagabon, i dislike bluej very much. I think that any class that will teach java to students should be using Java Studio Creator 2 which has an environment like visual studio. Makes learning the language a lot easier.
If you're gonna take a class, I recommend you telling your instructor to get a hold of that program over any other for using to learn java.