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It really shouldn’t have been that complicated.  I mean, seriously, it’s “hello world”?!  I downloaded Eclipse the other day and have been playing around with it in an effort to know the software.  At work we use Rational which is pretty much the same thing.  Having spent the last couple of years doing .NET work I decided to check out Java’s GUI capabilities.  SWT and JFace is the thing that everyone is using now so why not follow suit.  The code is simple enough but getting it to compile was a nightmare.  Granted, I really haven’t used Eclipse for anything but class libraries and small apps but this was ridiculous.  After hours, and I mean HOURS, of searching, I finally found a site that told me how to add a reference to the JAR files and was able to compile my program.  Go figure I couldn’t run it.  Main method was defined but couldn’t be found.  After an hour, just one this time, I finally found a forum where another programmer was having the same frustrations.  So, to get my hello world app to run I had to add even more references.  Needless to say I was and still am disappointed in the documentation so far.  Hello World should not be this difficult.

So far so good.   Last week was all orientation and getting acquainted with the company.  USAA was recently rated on having the best benefits and I have to say, it’s the truth!  Even though this is my second week at USAA, it’s kinda my first week on the job.  I’ve got my first task and I’m looking forward to finishing it up in record time ;)  The only down side is that I can’t check any email or website until I get home.  I am working for a large financial institution so it’s understandable.  Sucks, but understandable.