System.out.println doesn't work?

Question

When I write this in the main method:

System.out.println("Hello");

Nothing is outputted on the output console. It just says "Build successful (total time: 0 seconds)". What's the problem?

Here is my full program:

package names;

  public class myName {

  /**
   * @param args the command line arguments
   */
  public static void main(String[] args) {
      // TODO code application logic here
      System.out.println("test");

  }
}

Here's the window after I debug the program:

Have no file for /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Classes/jsfd.jar
Have no file for /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Classes/laf.jar
Have no file for /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Classes/sunrsasign.jar
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)

Answer 1

On netbeans right click and click run file. It would run. Seems like you're building the project, and not executing it. Don't debug it. Run it.

Answer 2

I'm nearly sure it's due to an IDE issue: the ant/build output is being redirected to a different place (not stdout) and you're seeing that "other place" as a "Console". Please let us know your IDE and as much code as you can.

Answer 3

You have to run it then. In netbeans, to run you can press F6 - http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/java/quickstart.html