Java Compilers

[Orsorum]

'K... I'm looking for a good Java compiler... in my cse class, we're using BlueJ, I have a copy of MS J++... BlueJ is fairly unreliable, and J++ hasn't been updated since like Java 1.0. Does anyone have a suggestion for a good Java compiler?

 

[calpha]

If you're talking an IDE that uses a later JDK, check out

JCREATOR

It's AWESOME.

 

[Orsorum]

<< If you're talking an IDE that uses a later JDK, check out

JCREATOR

It's AWESOME. >>



What's the LE edition?

 

[gwlam12]

im using textpad. small and fast. gives u colors for the different symbols.

a more complex one is forte! for java, but that literally hogs up ur resources.

jbuilder is small, too, but i never figured out how to use it. for some reason, i couldnt call to any other class, even though i put them in the same directory.

those are the only 3 i've tried, and i recommend textpad. all of them are free.

dont forget to get ur java standard developer's kit, too. im sure u knew that already though

 

[Orsorum]

<< im using textpad. small and fast. gives u colors for the different symbols.

a more complex one is forte! for java, but that literally hogs up ur resources.

jbuilder is small, too, but i never figured out how to use it. for some reason, i couldnt call to any other class, even though i put them in the same directory.

those are the only 3 i've tried, and i recommend textpad. all of them are free.

dont forget to get ur java standard developer's kit, too. im sure u knew that already though >>



Yeah, I have SDK 1.3... yadda yadda. I'm trying JCreator right now, it seems fairly impressive.

Do you know if there are any conflicts yet with the SDK 1.4 release?

 

[singh]

Second JCreator (even though I don't use JAVA much).. it has the same feel/layout as the MSVC++ IDE (which I really like).

 

[udonoogen]

java compilers ... suck. cs sucks. boo cs. j/p. i just suck at it. thats all. =)

 

[audiophan]

do a search in the software forum

heres something i posted in along the same lines

 

[wolfsblood]

I played around with Forte from Sun for awhile, thought it was pretty neat but I don't really know how it compares to all the others.

 

IntelliJ IDEA is the best Java IDE on the market, hands down. I have been coding Java since 1996 and have use them all (Visual Cafe, Kawa, J++, IBM VAJ, JBuilder, JCreator, Forte for Java) and IDEA blow them all away with it's practical approach to easy coding.