unable to edit scripts due to errors

so i am following this http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/scripting/assignments/spinning-cube tutorial and everything goes just fine until the 1:33 mark where he creates a c# component to make the cube spin. when i create the component and name it properly and everything all it does on double clicking is highlight

the asset in the asset window. when i try js, all i get is an error (i had to do a full screen grab as the error was a its own separate window). will anyone help me with this?

any help you could provide would be extremely appreciated.

Welcome to the forum!

Have a look at the warning in the console. It says you need to check the external application preferences:

so should i uncheck or should i use an external script editor? because everything is set to default and this is the box as is untouched Imgur: The magic of the Internet

thanks for the help btw

If you say “name it properly” how do you exactly name it?

so i applied my own text editor, notepad++, to unity. is that what i should have done?

Why not use MonoDevelop?

because it wasn’t working. i got it to work with notepad++, though. and i don’t necessarily know how. just saved the js file to my desktop and then dragged it into the assets folder.

If MonoDevelop isn’t working, then I suspect there is something wrong with your install. What you are doing is probably going to cause errors.