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The terminal does not work, so I can’t proceed. I cannot click inside of it, because there seems to be something loading constantly (icon on top of the screen). Kind of lame to run into something like this so early on, as you can’t skip the exercise…
I’m having an issue with the terminal - I’m typing “javac Compiling.java” as instructed but the terminal just says “command not found” in an infinite loop. Can’t skip the lesson either, disappointing.
I don’t know if any of you are still having issues with the exercise, but I got stuck on the second instruction.
What worked for me was to add the semicolon (as the third instruction states) than type ls in the terminal and press enter. This was accepted and I moved on to the next instruction.
That still left me with the third instruction, which I’d already done to get passed the second. Eventually I removed the semicolon, added it again and clicked on check work at the bottom of the terminal.
That worked for me and I hope it’ll help some of you as well.
I can’t figure out how to do the second instruction; I literally type 1s into the terminal like it says and I get an error message that asks if I ran 1s in the terminal.
That’s two lowercase letters, L and S. The first is not a one.
This command is short for “list”. On unix-compatible shells, it lists the files present in the current directory.
Your screen should be divided into 3 panes. The left is the instruction pane. The center is the code editor, and the right pane is the terminal. When the instructions ask for interaction with the terminal, you type the commands just to the right of the $ prompt. You should see a flashing cursor in that position. Give a left mouse button click near the cursor, and type away!
P.S. Something else that seems to trip people up fairly often is the ls command referred to in the 2nd instruction. It’s lowercase LS not the number 1 and s.
I can’t get past step 3. I got steps 1-2 done just fine, but the terminal is not accepting the semi-colon. I, too, am stuck. Did anyone find a way to get past this?
Hello, @systemsurfer68197. Welcome to the forum!
After you add the missing semicolon in the code editor (middle pane), you need to click the Check Work button at the bottom of the console (right pane). Is that what you’ve tried?
I did It was glitching or something. I ended up refreshing the page and that’s what it took for the update to go through. Thankfully, I’m on the next lesson now. Thank you so much for responding!
Glad you were able to move forward. Refreshing your browser is a fairly common necessity as you work through the lessons. The console in the far right pane seems to lose it’s connection fairly often especially if we let it sit idle for several minutes. I try (don’t always remember) to copy my code in the code editor prior to refreshing the browser, just in case the last edits haven’t been saved. Good luck moving forward && happy coding!
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I hope it will be fixed
It was glitching or something. I ended up refreshing the page and that’s what it took for the update to go through. Thankfully, I’m on the next lesson now. Thank you so much for responding!