Re: What's the Big Java Development Environment These Days?

From: Kyle (kyle2_at_passfire.com)
Date: 11/29/03 

Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 03:57:43 GMT

I bought a copy of JBuilder 2.0 back in the good old days when stores like
CompUSA and Best Buy actually carried all the big name compilers on their
shelf. Seems like there was always a $200 version of any compiler Borland
made, now I can't even find a low end version much under a thousand bucks!
I've always been a Borland fan since the 80s, but they just priced me out of
being a customer now. What are students using now to code in Java?

I'm unable to compile with the latest sun JDK using JBuilder 2.0, but unable
to afford a new version of it. Does anyone know how to get a low-end copy
at a reasonable price? If not, what is an affordable alternative that still
has a decent user interface?

-Kyle

"Mpost" <Mpost@javaworld.com> wrote in message
news:cnJxb.10336$lF6.5590@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
> JBuilder is top down the best of the best in features. The one to beat.
> IntelliJ IDEA is great too and was cheap but I heard they now raised the
price
> so it no longers holds that edge. The open tools community is a lot more
> active in JBuilder than IDEA. With power and features (jbuilder CVS
> integration has no match, while IDEA smart refactorings and look and feel
are
> also nice)comes at a price. Netbeans is horrible (no refactoring, slow,
and
> just plain ugly). Eclipse is great. I think the student that mentioned
> netbeans should give this one a try and get his school using this(mind
share).
> So there you have it.
>
> JBuilder - for those with deep pockets but who just want every feature
known
> to man. Its power will draw you in. Its super fast to boot. (3 times
faster
> than my ant clean compiles)
> IntelliJ IDEA - for those who are good with the keyboard. Once you get
hook to
> this thing you are hooked for life.
> Eclipse - for everyone. I use it and I have JBuilder 9. I had intelliJ
> before.
> NetBeans - for those who really hate Eclipse (you must also be a little
wicked
> in head to hate eclipse so I guess thats also a requirement) and want a
open
> source solution.
>
>
>
>
> jp_yanick@hotmail.com (Le Je-Pe) wrote:
> >I'm surprised no one has even mentioned NetBeans (www.NetBeans.org)
> >It's absolutely FREE and does pretty much everything you need it to...
> >Being a student, I don't have anyone paying for software licenses so
> >having an open-source solution is really ideal...
> >Plus, a lot of my teachers use it as their main Java IDE... It's gotta
> >be doing something right!
>
>
>

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