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     The "Hello World" Application
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By following the steps on this page,
you can create and use a standalone Java application.

<h4> Create a Java source file 
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Create a file named <SAMP>HelloWorldApp.java</SAMP>
with the Java code shown here:
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class HelloWorldApp {
    public static void main (String args[]) {
        System.out.println("Hello