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Development Recomend a Java IDE?

Discussion in 'Software' started by DreamTheEndless, 20 Feb 2007.

  1. DreamTheEndless

    DreamTheEndless Gravity hates Bacon

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    Recomend a Java IDE please.

    I'm currently using Eclipse, but I'm interested in seeing what else is out there. I'm new to java - for whatever that's worth.

    A friend of mine loves the IBM ide but he says that it's not cheap.

    So - what IDEs do you like and how much do they cost?
     
    DreamTheEndless, 20 Feb 2007
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  2. simon w

    simon w What's a Dremel?

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    IntelliJ IDEA (I've heard good things about this although I've not used it myself)
    Netbeans
     
    simon w, 20 Feb 2007
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  3. acron^

    acron^ ePeen++;

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    Netbeans is immense :)
    Bluejay is hideous :(
     
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  4. glaeken

    glaeken Freeeeeeeze! I'm a cawp!

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    Netbeans is pretty good, especially for j2me development.
     
    glaeken, 20 Feb 2007
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  5. Xiachunyi

    Xiachunyi What's a Dremel?

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    I personally use JCreator

    They have a freeware version that should be more than adequate enough for a person just starting out.
     
    Xiachunyi, 20 Feb 2007
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  6. Techno-Dann

    Techno-Dann Disgruntled kumquat

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    JCreator doesn't have all the features of BlueJ, but as Acron^ said, BlueJ is huge and hard to work with. JCreator is great, at least until you start working with windows with hundreds of buttons and text fields.
     
    Techno-Dann, 21 Feb 2007
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  7. eek

    eek CAMRA ***.

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    Netbeans/Eclipse ar the best two by far!! :)
     
    eek, 21 Feb 2007
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  8. SteveyG

    SteveyG Electromodder

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    Netbeans!
     
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  9. DreamTheEndless

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    I have netbeans installed, but I haven't used it yet. Does netbeans exist for the Mac? One of the cool things about eclipse is that I can run the same environment on both sides of bootcamp.
     
    DreamTheEndless, 22 Feb 2007
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  10. Xiachunyi

    Xiachunyi What's a Dremel?

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  11. DreamTheEndless

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    Not to be a hater, but who'd want "hundreds of buttons" anyway? Talk about UI design......
     
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