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Free Java Editor - Which one?

post #1 of 12
9/7/05 at 3:57pm
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Hi,

I am a web developer that usually codes in ASP or PHP. I just recently had the urge to get back into Java and was wondering if there's a free java editor that someone can recommend?

Thanks in advance,

grecinos
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post #2 of 12
9/7/05 at 4:32pm
jcreator free if you just want a simple editor. I doubt that even sun folks use their netbeans product.
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post #3 of 12
9/7/05 at 4:55pm
If you want speed then JCreator (executable is compiled under C++). The free version is almost the same as the paid except for one or two features. JEdit is also good (has quite a bit of plugins) but like most java IDEs it's built on top of Swing (thus somewhat slower than C binaries; yeah yeah, I know the arguments about java bytecode vs C code, but I still think C binaries are faster ). Eclipse is also good but it's not as fast as JCreator but much more flexible and has a huge development community.

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post #4 of 12
9/7/05 at 4:58pm
I like Eclipse
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post #5 of 12
9/7/05 at 8:53pm
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Thanks for all your suggestions... I am trying JCreator now... So far so good.

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post #6 of 12
9/8/05 at 1:18am
Netbeans
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post #7 of 12
9/8/05 at 5:30am
I use BlueJ
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post #8 of 12
9/8/05 at 6:01am
Netbeans or Eclipse
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post #9 of 12
9/8/05 at 11:25am
A vote for eclipse too http://www.eclipse.org/
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post #10 of 12
9/8/05 at 1:09pm
Eclipse is a fantastic IDE. I actually use it mainly for PHP, because that's what I do a lot of work with, but it has far more support for Java.
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post #11 of 12
9/9/05 at 8:51am
Personally, I have to say that Eclipse is the best IDE I have ever used for Java. I have also recently started using the CDT plugin to use it with C/C++ and it is fantastic. Heck, the Eclipse platform inspired me enough to start writing my own plugin.

Regards,

zakaluka2.
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post #12 of 12
9/9/05 at 10:35am
JCreator is what they make us use in school !

Simple and fast !

Netbean is pretty good too , but it's a pain to load if you don't have a good computer !
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