Re: simple beginners question

From: Paul (paultwoonesix_at_blueyonder.couk)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:34:05 +0000

Karl von Laudermann wrote:
> "Tony Morris" <dibblego@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:<3feee931$0$18385$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>...
>
>>I strongly suggest that you learn Java, and not NetBeans.
>>Integrated Development Environments are intended for use by competent
>>developers only, since they hide many of the details of what is actually
>>happening, and it is assumed that the user can determine what that is.
>>Clearly, in this case, you can't.
>>Grab the Sun SDK and a decent text editor and get cracking.
>

I've got a similar question. I was introduced to Java through the
Borland IDE but only really understood what was going on when I
downloaded the SDK and used notepad, javac and java from the command
line. I've tried eclipse but what I'd really like is something that is
in between a simple text editor and an IDE. Automatically closing
brackets and a side panel listing the methods and data fields is fine,
and perhaps also pop-up access to APIs. But what I don't want is
something that decides a directory structure for me, introduces its own
files or manages my projects. So all I want is something that will help
me write the code, and I'll do the rest, i.e. file management and
compiling. Any recommendations?

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