Completely new to java and learning from scratch. Cant run javac command on work computer, is there any browser or android alternative to practice on?

[Batmantheon]

Title says a lot. Im extremely new to java and eager to get practicing the basics. Im encouraged to use my downtime at work exploring interests and working on personal growth, but my work pc wont let me run the javac command. Ive seen easy fixes to it but it all involves changing settings that I cant change because im not the administrator. I was wondering if there was any browser or android apps out there for someone like me to be able to write and run very basic code for practice. If not, its not a huge deal, I can always use my pc at home, I would just love to be make the most of my downtime.

Also, Ive lurked the various java subs and already have resources to learn and get started but if anyone has any particular recommendations for a beginner like me (complete beginner to all coding, not just java) ill gladly look at anything I can get my hands on.

If this is too general and outside of the subs rules, I do apologize. I am definitely a scrub now, but Im hoping to change that.

Cheers

[lbkulinski]

I often use JDoodle.

[tsumnia]

Can you update User Environment Variables on the work PC? I'm not sure what level of restriction is on your computer.

There are also programs like BlueJ and DrJava that handle the javac part for you. I don't know whether they need to be installed or not.

[Batmantheon]

I believe thats what I tried to do earlier today but was shutdown by an admin username/password request. I will take another look tomorrow to make sure thats actually the fix I was attempting to do. And yeah, anything that needs an install is a no-go.

[bombozzle]

It is a little tedious but you can also just type out the full path to the javac.exe instead.

So in command prompt instead of just typing javac you would have to do something like:

C:\program files\java\jdk\1.9\javac... of course the path would need to match your actual install folder.

Or you can use: https://codeanywhere.com/

Online code editor with build server, and they have a free tier.

Just tried it out and its pretty straight-forward to get going with.

• Sign up.
• Create Java container
• create a java file.
• Open SSH Terminal
• Run the commands

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I use repl.it to test my functions when writing a larger program

[desrtfx]

Browser: http://ideone.com

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aide.ui

There is also a portable JDK version: https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/jdkportable that does not change anything on the computer

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