Best Java 1.5.0 Text Editor?

[Pete]

What is the best text editor for writing Java code which is simple to
configure and includes the ability to compile and run your program from
within the editor?

 

[raymond]

What is the best text editor for writing Java code which is simple

to configure and includes the ability to compile and run your program
from within the editor?

JCreator.

 

[stanberka]

jEdit. I used to use NetBeans which is not bad at all. Since I've
found jEdit, I slowly but surely migrated somehow into jEdit. Much
lighter, easier configurable, more transparent, faster.

If you decide to try it, make sure to install these plugins:
ProjectViewer, AntFarm, JBrowse. There are many more, but these will
give you the simplest way to develop, compile and test.

 

[Jussi Jumppanen]

What is the best text editor for writing Java code which is
simple to configure and includes the ability to compile and
run your program from within the editor?

If you develop on the Windows platform Zeus for Windows comes
with support for Java:

http://www.zeusedit.com/lookmain.html

NOTE: Zeus is shareware, but the shareware version runs fully
functional for 60 days.

Jussi Jumppanen
Author of: Zeus for Windows (New version 3.94 out now)
"The C/C++, Cobol, Java, HTML, Python, PHP, Perl programmer's editor"
Home Page: http://www.zeusedit.com

 

[lookfde]

What is the best text editor for writing Java code which is simple to
configure and includes the ability to compile and run your program from
within the editor?

Textpad is a very good editor for Java http://www.textpad.com