vis studio.NET and Java, possible?

xWeston

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Is it possible to write java programs using microsoft visual studio .net? I have the java sdk, and i use netbeans for my IDE now but it is so slow (due to java's nature!). Is it possible to write/compile java programs using .NET? I thought it was but i cant seem to figure it out.


Also, are the .sln files made by vs.net able to be opened by vis studio 6? ( i have .net at home and vis studio 6 at school)

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Nothinman

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Doesn't VS.NET come with J++?

The copy I have of VS .NET Enterprise (from MS Open License program at work) does not, it has VB.Net, VC.Net and C#.

And J++ was MS Java, not Sun Java which is part of the reason Sun sued MS.
 

xWeston

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i think i installed everything and it only has vb, vc++, and c#... no J++ as far as i can see, maybe it is somethng you have to force to install? i thought i did everything
 

xWeston

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yea i am looking for sun java IDE. Is there anything better than netbeans? the speaker at the .net launch said that "J2EE" was supported in .NET, isnt that the java standard?
 

Descartes

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Microsoft had released a beta version of J#, which is essentially Java for .NET. I don't know how extensive it is, but I compiled several applications w/o a problem.

Here.
 

xWeston

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Too bad i cant install that J# beta because i have the full version of .NET :(

Any good ide's for java stuff? i tried netbeans and forte but they are so slow... also just sorta confusing for easy stuff.
 

manly

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Netbeans and Forte are essentially the same IDE. Forte is based on Netbeans.

For a editor + some IDE features, I use Emacs + JDEE for Java development. Emacs isn't for everyone, but it's extensible so there's little it can't do. If you want a flashy GUI, then it's not for you.

I haven't tried it yet, but I've read a lot of good things about Eclipse from IBM. One comment I recall is that users can't believe it's a Java app, since the GUI performs well. ;)

If you want to do real Java development, J# isn't for you. J# is of most use for J++ customers who want to maintain their codebase.
 

xWeston

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Well, im going to be taking a java class... maybe i will just do it all by hand and do the compiling in the command line. I just wanted to get started early so i could have it really easy in the class.
I've taken 2 C++ classes and im in data structures now
 

BuckleDownBen

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J# is the Java language, but it doesn't compile to something used with Java runtime. It compiles to use the .Net Common Language Runtime. A J# program is functionally the same as a VB.Net program or a C# program.
 

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