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radioactive cheese

New Member

Registered: 2009-09-10

Posts: 9

What would you use for a JAVA IDE?

Hello,  I'm a long time forum lurker, been using #! since February or so. I'd consider myself a linux novice. I'm certainly not a total newb, but I don't exactly know how everything works. I'm taking an intro level java class this fall and my prof hasn't given any kind of bias or suggestion for any ide. He just uses notepad and the command line in class (windows only here at normandale community college). I kinda like ides though. In my limited experience I've used bloodshed on windows for c/c++ stuff. Basically I just want to know what my options are for JAVA development in Linux as I'm fairly clueless. I heard some of my classmates talking about eclipse in windows. Is that one good and is there a linux version? What would the CrunchBang community use?

I'm open to all suggestions, but preferably ones that don't need tons of extra dependencies to be downloaded as well.

iggykoopa

Script Master

Registered: 2008-12-13

Posts: 1,486

Re: What would you use for a JAVA IDE?

Eclipse is pretty highly recommended for java, it works well on linux too. Jedit is pretty good too(not a full blown IDE though). I'm just getting into java myself and have just been using gedit...I've been trying to learn vi a little better so I might try to set it up for java development though

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Awebb

The Singularity

Registered: 2009-07-23

Posts: 2,812

Re: What would you use for a JAVA IDE?

I only use Geany. It's the best simple IDE i know.

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craigh

#! CrunchBanger

From: UK

Registered: 2009-08-02

Posts: 209

Re: What would you use for a JAVA IDE?

There is also netbeans.

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radioactive cheese

New Member

Registered: 2009-09-10

Posts: 9

Re: What would you use for a JAVA IDE?

thanks for the replies. I will check out those mentioned.