Java 5.0 is finally out (final version)

[dabuddha]

topic says it all!

 

[kamper]

yikes, wth did 5.0 come from? I thought we were on 1.5.0 oh well, good to see that it's final. Now if eclipse would just support the syntax additions :|

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: kamper
yikes, wth did 5.0 come from? I thought we were on 1.5.0 oh well, good to see that it's final. Now if eclipse would just support the syntax additions :|

1.5 is 5.0 Those whacky guys have no clue how to version their products

 

[CarLBanks]

5.0 has been out for a long time. The java.com site shows I have the latest version.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: CarLBanks
5.0 has been out for a long time. The java.com site shows I have the latest version.

5.0 (1.5) has only been out in beta. Apparently it is now final.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: CarLBanks
5.0 has been out for a long time. The java.com site shows I have the latest version.

5.0 (1.5) has only been out in beta. Apparently it is now final.

Exactly

Now we just have to wait for an update to eclipse

 

[Kntx]

One of the major themes targeted by the J2SE 1.5 release is ease of development. J2SE 1.5 provides new enhancements to further ease the development of Java applications and tools. New features such as generics, typesafe enumerated types, autoboxing, and enhanced for loop, are all new features that make using Java to build applications easier.

yes!! yes!! 'Bout damn time java!!

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: CarLBanks
5.0 has been out for a long time. The java.com site shows I have the latest version.

5.0 (1.5) has only been out in beta. Apparently it is now final.

Exactly

Now we just have to wait for an update to eclipse

Or WSAD

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: CarLBanks
5.0 has been out for a long time. The java.com site shows I have the latest version.

5.0 (1.5) has only been out in beta. Apparently it is now final.

Exactly

Now we just have to wait for an update to eclipse

Some people don't have to wait

 

[CarLBanks]

Ahhh, finally a new Java!

 

[XBoxLPU]

So how do we go about updating from 1.4.2, just install over what we have ??

 

[CarLBanks]

I just uninstalled 1.4.2 and then went to sun.java.com and downloaded the new JSRE.

 

[XBoxLPU]

I ended up downloading the online installation file and installing over what I had

Worked fine

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: CarLBanks
5.0 has been out for a long time. The java.com site shows I have the latest version.

5.0 (1.5) has only been out in beta. Apparently it is now final.

Exactly

Now we just have to wait for an update to eclipse

Some people don't have to wait

What are you hinting at?

 

[Schadenfroh]

link the final, all i see is a release candidate.

 

[watek]

Try this!

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: CarLBanks
5.0 has been out for a long time. The java.com site shows I have the latest version.

5.0 (1.5) has only been out in beta. Apparently it is now final.

Exactly

Now we just have to wait for an update to eclipse

Some people don't have to wait

What are you hinting at?

lol, Some people like IDEs other than eclipse. :shocked:

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: kamper

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Some people don't have to wait

What are you hinting at?

lol, Some people like IDEs other than eclipse. :shocked:

I figured as much. Are you meaning JCreator? I'd give it a try now, if I wasn't doing school work that has to compile with 1.4.x.

 

[kamper]

Question for those who have installed the final 1.5 (I'm still running beta):
What version does java.exe report? Mine says 1.4.2_05 while javac.exe says 1.5.0_beta2. I figure it's just because the improvements are all at the compiler end and the run time hasn't changed. Just curious anyways...

 

[AFB]

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\bin>javac -version
javac 1.5.0
javac: no source files
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
where possible options include:
-g Generate all debugging info
-g:none Generate no debugging info
-g:{lines,vars,source} Generate only some debugging info
-nowarn Generate no warnings
-verbose Output messages about what the compiler is doing
-deprecation Output source locations where deprecated APIs are u
sed
-classpath <path> Specify where to find user class files
-cp <path> Specify where to find user class files
-sourcepath <path> Specify where to find input source files
-bootclasspath <path> Override location of bootstrap class files
-extdirs <dirs> Override location of installed extensions
-endorseddirs <dirs> Override location of endorsed standards path
-d <directory> Specify where to place generated class files
-encoding <encoding> Specify character encoding used by source files
-source <release> Provide source compatibility with specified release

-target <release> Generate class files for specific VM version
-version Version information
-help Print a synopsis of standard options
-X Print a synopsis of nonstandard options
-J<flag> Pass <flag> directly to the runtime system


C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\bin>java -version
java version "1.5.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-b64)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-b64, mixed mode, sharing)

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

 

[kamper]

Alright afb, I went and tried JCreator. I didn't like how I couldn't just click and run a JUnit test case. Now I'll probably have to do some crap like finding the jar file and adding it to the classpath or something :roll:

More problems: just for sh|ts and giggles I decided to run the default program it created for me. It was too dumb to realize that, since my project started with a number it would have to change the class name if it wanted to compile. But it didn't tell me this until I tried to compile it. Eclipse would have underlined the offending identifier and given me an error message as soon as I viewed the file.

So, I want to change this class name to try to run it. I right click the file in the File View and select rename. I rename it... Now only the file is renamed. Eclipse would have renamed the class and updated any references to it.

One major plus so far: it's using about 100Mb less ram then eclipse Oh, and it seems to have decent jsp syntax highlighting. That's a huge plus. I know there are plugins for Eclipse but I haven't gotten them to work with 3.0 yet.

Meh, I'll consider using it but probably won't.

 

[SinNisTeR]

i have beta, should i just install 1.5 over it? or unistall first?

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: SinNisTeR
i have beta, should i just install 1.5 over it? or unistall first?

You have to uninstall.

One major plus so far: it's using about 100Mb less ram then eclipse Oh, and it seems to have decent jsp syntax highlighting. That's a huge plus. I know there are plugins for Eclipse but I haven't gotten them to work with 3.0 yet.

That is the reason I use it. Yeah, it needs some work, but it has some neat stuff. It had Java 1.5 syntax highlighting since about late Spring. If I ever need a more advanced IDE, I guess I have to find something else, but this is nice and that I can actaully run other things in the background and have them run without bogging down my computer.