physicist

or should i just use notepad to write and DOS to compile and run? is there an IDE? when i was learning C++ earlier this year i used Dev-C++ and i use visual basic.net and visual basic 6 for VB...so what would the equivalent be in Java. so far i have heard just write in notepad use DOS to compile and execute and i know how to do that but i thought it would be easier for me if i had an IDE with a GUI to help me with more complex stuff so i can compile fast without typing in DOS commands each time and hoping that i get the path right.
thanks in advance
sreenath

physicist

is "NetBeans" any good?

ReggaetonKing

Eclipse is a great IDE for Java.
http://www.eclipse.org

I also like Dr. Java
http://drjava.org/

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cwl157

netbeans that's what i've always used. I like it.

Game_Ender

Oh and if you are using a terminal environment you want to use something like ANT (for Java) or Make (mostly for C/C++) to manage your builds.

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physicist

wow game ender, i use C++ a LOT for hobby programming and Make is really good! i liked Dev-C++ a lot though, but idk now....
i havent seen ANT yet but there are too mayn for me to test lol so ill prolly just stick with the three others mentioned
I have decided to start out with NetBeans and use Eclipse and maybe Dr. Java

Mjordan2nd

I like JCreator best, but that's just my preference. NetBeans should be fine.

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Klarre

Ever heard about Jam? If you like Make you will love Jam.

http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html

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pegasus001

I`ve used IntelliJ Idea, for sometimes. It seemed fine. And Eclipse is good too.

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Blue J is pretty good

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