Choose your operating system:

• Windows
• Mac OS X
• Linux

1. Open a Command Prompt.

2. Get the first exercise:

   C:\Users\JohnDoe>exercism fetch java
   
   Not Submitted:     1 problem
   java (Hello World) C:\Users\JohnDoe\exercism\java\hello-world
   
   New:               1 problem
   java (Hello World) C:\Users\JohnDoe\exercism\java\hello-world
   
   unchanged: 0, updated: 0, new: 1
   

3. Change directory into the exercism:

   C:\Users\JohnDoe>cd C:\Users\JohnDoe\exercism\java\hello-world

4. Run the tests:

   C:\Users\JohnDoe>gradle test

   (Don't worry about the tests failing, at first, this is how you begin each exercise.)

5. Solve the exercise. Find and work through the GETTING_STARTED.md guide (view on GitHub).

Good luck! Have fun!

If you get stuck, at any point, don't forget to reach out for help.

1. In the terminal window, get the first exercise:

   $ exercism fetch java
   
   New:                 1 problem
   Java (Etl) /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world
   
   unchanged: 0, updated: 0, new: 1
   
   

2. Change directory into the exercise:

$ cd /Users/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world

3. Run the tests:

$ gradle test

 *(Don't worry about the tests failing, at first, this is how you begin each exercise.)*
4. Solve the exercise.  Find and work through the `GETTING_STARTED.md` guide ([view on GitHub](https://github.com/exercism/xjava/blob/master/exercises/hello-world/GETTING_STARTED.md)).

Good luck!  Have fun!

If you get stuck, at any point, don't forget to reach out for [help](http://exercism.io/languages/java/help).

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# Linux

1. In the terminal window, get the first exercise:

$ exercism fetch java

New: 1 problem Java (Etl) /home/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world

unchanged: 0, updated: 0, new: 1

2. Change directory into the exercise:

$ cd /home/johndoe/exercism/java/hello-world

3. Run the tests:

$ gradle test

 *(Don't worry about the tests failing, at first, this is how you begin each exercise.)*
4. Solve the exercise.  Find and work through the `GETTING_STARTED.md` guide ([view on GitHub](https://github.com/exercism/xjava/blob/master/exercises/hello-world/GETTING_STARTED.md)).

Good luck!  Have fun!

If you get stuck, at any point, don't forget to reach out for [help](http://exercism.io/languages/java/help).