Re: A good text editor for JAVA?



On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:58:16 -0800, oulan bator wrote:

> eclipse is a good text editor (IMHO the best) but its much more than a
> text editor, and it can be hard for a beginner. Have a look to JText,
> and JPadPro

JPadPro really sucks hard. Don't use it. Makes the transition to a real
IDE more difficult later. Like you need another opinion.

Zero made the point the earlier that you should use a regular editor. I
like his reasoning.

However it probably wouldn't hurt to use a professional IDE right
from the start. IntelliJ IDEA if you don't mind paying, Eclipse,
NetBeans, or even JBuilder from Borland are all good IDE's. I personally
use Eclipse. These are worth the effort to learn about. Don't learn a
new editor unless you want to. I love vi but would never advocate it to
someone who isn't motivated to learn it. Not worth the effort when you're
learning a new programming language unless you really want to learn vi.

You should have a pretty good idea and you can't go wrong with any of the
these IDEs I mentioned. What you use is a matter of preference... you'll
prefer what you're used to. Happy coding.

--
R. Scott Smith
Slackware Linux on the job, at home, everywhere!

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