Java IDEs

Personally, I find that Eclipse is one of the best IDEs I have used, regardless of language. Those who can afford it also tend to rave about IntelliJ IDEA, but I've never tried it.

You should probably post this in the Java forum.

Here is a list:

JBuilder personal
Net Beans
Eclipse

I personally prefer Eclipse. You can get it at http://www.eclipse.org/

Eclipse and JCreator.

my personal taste also goes with Eclipse. But i've also heard good things about the others mentioned.

I love Eclipse, and it's what I use most of the time. The new version of Netbeans seems much improved over previous versions, but it's lacking some of the features I now take for granted in Eclipse. For small, quick projects I usually use JCreator.

There's also an IDE called Gel (no url for it offhand - Google it), which is on a level with JCreator. It supports more features than JCreator through plugins.

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Original post by Aldacron There's also an IDE called Gel (no url for it offhand - Google it), which is on a level with JCreator. It supports more features than JCreator through plugins.

Get it here. I use Gel whereever I do not have much discspace, as it is quite small plus it has some nice features (e.g. code assist).

Regards,
Andre

I've decided to go with Gel. Its simple and compact. I've used Eclipse before for some C# apps and I didn't really enjoy it. Too clunky. If I took the time to deal with it a bit more, I'm sure I could enjoy it.

I've just got one issue with Gel and I was wondering if anyone could help me out:


Is there a way to get the program to run in the more traditional (and much easier to read / use) Windows console? (Aside from java "class" from the CLI itself).

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Original post by GroZZleR I've used Eclipse before for some C# apps and I didn't really enjoy it.

I wouldn't let your experiences with the C# plugin for Eclipse scare you away. The capabilities of the C# environment are meagre compared to that offered when doing Java.