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[Steve Horsley]

I'm a college student and am in the process of learning Java and OOP. What
is the most popular IDE to create Java programs?

Any and all replies would certainly be appreciated.

ed.

If you have not used an IDE before, I suggest BlueJ from
http://www.bluej.org which is explicitly designed for teaching java and
also for teaching OO concepts. It is simple enough that you don't have to
spend hours finding your way round all the menus, but it does everything a
beginner needs. And its object workbench is probably unique, and gives a
very good feeling for OO.

Steve

 

[Scott]

Hi, sorry I've come in late on this thread, having just subscribed to this
newsgroup.

Can someone post a bullet list of the main Java IDE's available? I don't
need any comment, just names (I can Google if I need more info), although
"free", "free with restricted license", or "paid" would be useful.

Sorry if that was in one of the msgs earlier in the thread that has since
expired off my news server.

Cheers,
Scott

 

[d2003xx]

I'm a college student and am in the process of learning Java and OOP. What
is the most popular IDE to create Java programs?

Any and all replies would certainly be appreciated.

vim + cmd

 

[Drew Volpe]

JDEE + Emacs

Eclipse

NetBeans

BlueJ

I would add:


IDEA - $500, free 30 day trial
JBuilder - a lot.
JDeveloper - $1000, free trial.




dv

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