I've tried several and all of them are either too complicated or require me to buy them. I've tried IDEA, Jcreator, Jbuilder and a couple others i can't remember. Any help finding a FREE java IDE would be much appreciated.
2007-05-23 04:19:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
download netbeans from here:
http://www.netbeans.org/
2007-05-23 04:26:47 · answer #1 · answered by rohit k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try jgrasp. It is small and lighweigth yet, powerfull enough for the things the average human will want to do. Me personally I just do things in a texteditor like vim. There are others editors that have syntax highight and can also compile and what not. Then I compile using the command prompt or terminal window. To debug I use a couple of well placed print staments or System.out.println for you java people. It is only when I get really stuck that I use an IDE because it allows you to step through the code visualy and look at variables values on the fly and what not.
Jgrasp has this feature where you can drag some objects and it will animate it for you as it changes. I needed it when I was studying linked list at school. I don't think I would had been able to do the homework without it.
http://www.jgrasp.org/
2007-05-23 04:27:21 · answer #2 · answered by mr_gees100_peas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eclipse ( http://www.eclipse.org ) is the way to go. I have used 4 or 5 different ones over my 9 years as a Java developer and you won't find a better, more feature packed one for free (or for money for that matter). It might seem overwhelming at first, but it is well worth the little bit of time to get accustomed to it. Plus, it has a great user community, good documentation, etc. Further, you can develop Rich Client Platform (RCP) applications that utilize the Eclipse framework which can limit the amount of application framework coding you have to do in desktop applications such as menu handling, windows, layout, etc. It is amazing that you can get all of it for free.
I have used the RCP to develop a nice, solid, commercial product in a relatively short amount of time.
Eclipse all the way,
Jeff
http://www.excellentiasoftware.com
2007-05-23 04:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by excellentiasoftware 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oracle JDeveloper is a free dowload.
2007-05-23 08:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try eclipse...
http://www.eclipse.org/
There's lots of help on their site as well
2007-05-23 04:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by Golgo 13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋