Java IDEs

Forte for large apps and JEDPlus for small stuff. Free ones anyway. Visual Age is nice.

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Thanks I hadnt found that one yet, I''m going to try it. Just finished downloading Forte too. If anyone uses anything different please reply.

Glandalf

I''ve been using Kawa for the past few years.

Java IDE''s tend to fall into two camps. Simple ones that just allow you to edit, compile, run, and debug from the environment (ala Visual C++) and larger tools that include GUI builders, allowing you to attach code to GUI bits (ala Visual Basic). Tools like JEDPlus and Kawa fall into the first camp, while stuff like VisualAge and JBuilder fall into the second.

You probably ought to ask yourself what kind of app you''re going to build, and tailor your tool to it. What I was building only had a rudimentary GUI, so the Kawa IDE was perfect. You''ll pick it up fast if you''re a Visual C++ user.

JCreator!
http://www.jcreator.com

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Martee
Magnum Games.NET

I''m going to try that Kawa IDE, sounds good cause I used Visual C++ alot. Thanks for the help, I''ve only been able to find a few with out you guys input.

Glandalf

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Original post by johnhattan

I''ve been using Kawa for the past few years.

Java IDE''s tend to fall into two camps. Simple ones that just allow you to edit, compile, run, and debug from the environment (ala Visual C++) and larger tools that include GUI builders, allowing you to attach code to GUI bits (ala Visual Basic). Tools like JEDPlus and Kawa fall into the first camp, while stuff like VisualAge and JBuilder fall into the second.

You probably ought to ask yourself what kind of app you''re going to build, and tailor your tool to it. What I was building only had a rudimentary GUI, so the Kawa IDE was perfect. You''ll pick it up fast if you''re a Visual C++ user.

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What''s the URL for kawa? and which ones are freeware GUI builders?



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Kawa is at http://www.allaire.com/products/kawa. It was just sold to Allaire about two months ago. Now that Allaire and Macromedia are merging, it''s presumed that it''s gonna be a Macromedia product now. Unfortunately, the price went up with the sale. It used to be $69, but it''s now $129.

JEDPlus is downloadable here. Unfortunately, there''s no real homepage for it. It''s basically a demo of Stingray''s text-editor tool, but it works quite well if you just need something to edit and compile simple Java stuff. I''ve got a friend who likes it.

That JCreator (free) that Martee posted looks quite good. If it''s as nice as the screenshots show, it could be as good as Kawa and free!

I take back what I just said about JCreator. There''s no debugger!

Nobody uses Forte? It''s free and it''s from SUN. It''s god-awfully slow on my 433 celeron, though....

Forte''s been mentioned two times already...