JBuilder or Visual J++?(Please help)

[Charlie Zhang]

Need to build some Java application which interfaces with finite
element
analysis software-FlexPDE, basically it requires a friendly GUI and
good
capability to handle graphics(such as contour and surf).

At first, I want to choose JBuilder, because I used it before and it
is easy to
develop a GUI in Jbuilder, but the bad thing with JBuilder is its poor
graphics handling capability(at least true for JBuilder 5, not sure
for
current version) Maybe I have to buy some graphics package if using
JBuilder.

One friend suggests me use Visual J++ for its good graphics handling
capability, but I am not familar with visual studio(seems hate it) and
I need to type all the code to implement GUI.

Do you guys have any suggestions ?(BTW, the project needs to be
finished
within 2 months)

Thanks in advance!!

 

[ak]

Need to build some Java application which interfaces with finite

element
analysis software-FlexPDE, basically it requires a friendly GUI and
good
capability to handle graphics(such as contour and surf).

At first, I want to choose JBuilder, because I used it before and it
is easy to
develop a GUI in Jbuilder, but the bad thing with JBuilder is its poor
graphics handling capability(at least true for JBuilder 5, not sure
for
current version) Maybe I have to buy some graphics package if using
JBuilder.

One friend suggests me use Visual J++ for its good graphics handling
capability, but I am not familar with visual studio(seems hate it) and
I need to type all the code to implement GUI.

Do you guys have any suggestions ?(BTW, the project needs to be
finished
within 2 months)

neither, the best IDE you can find at
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html

 

[Roedy Green]

One friend suggests me use Visual J++

That is quite dated advice. It is not even available any more. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/ide.html
for your choices.

 

[Charlie Zhang]

neither, the best IDE you can find at

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html

But IntelliJ IDEA doesn't say that it has strong graphics handling capability.
Have you used it before?

Thanks a lot.

 

[Michael Griffiths]

I would suggest netbeans www.netbeans.org it's completing free and is
written in java so platform independant, unlike visual j++ which is
microsoft's ide and hence compiled programs will only work in windows (or so
I've been told) and has a nice gui designer.

 

[BADBOY]

I ive tried a few ide`s and think the NetBeans thats packaged with
J2sdk1.4.2_04 is the best ive used yet.
alot more stable than older versions and forte.

 

[BADBOY]

sorry was ment for j3d group