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Best Java Builder?

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  • 09-04-2007 5:18pm
    #1
    not14talk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭


    What is the best program for building Java programmes?

    At uni we use Gel but I what to know is there anything better than this which is free?


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    #2
    66o66o
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭66o66o


    Try NetBeans,
    I find it very good!


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    #3
    kodute
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭kodute


    Eclipse is the best ive ever seen, simply a beautiful program!
    http://www.eclipse.org/


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    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    If your getting Eclipse I recommend getting the add ons (do an update in the program). Will allow you to do proper SWT gui editing and develop servlets easier.

    I'm an Eclipse fan but at the end of the day its a matter of preference.


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    irlrobins
    Registered Users Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    I've used Eclipse and Netbeans and I prefer Eclipse. For someone who is just doing basic college type programming than either will do as they pretty much have the same features. But for anything more complex I think Eclipse has the edge in terms of plugins.


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    #6
    dal
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭dal


    Another vote for eclipse here.


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    #7
    cousin_borat
    Registered Users Posts: 995 ✭✭✭cousin_borat


    Eclipse all the way


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    mwrf
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭mwrf


    netbeans man here :)


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    nellyrev
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭nellyrev


    netbeans is good

    bbut if you are running it on a laptop and are using a battery ill give is a no

    eclipse i do not know


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    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭lukin


    nellyrev wrote:
    netbeans is good

    bbut if you are running it on a laptop and are using a battery ill give is a no

    Yeah, that happened to me too, Netbeans wouldn't run unless I had my laptop plugged in. Weird. For that reason I prefer eclipse.


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    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    another for eclipse, the plugins make it :)


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    bonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭bonkey


    Speaking of Eclipse and plugins...

    Can anyone recommend a good SWING designer for it?

    We're using "Swing Designer" from Instantiations at the moment, but its not entirely blowing me away with its brilliance and I'm just wondering if anyone can recommend anything better.

    Given that better is such a subjective term, what I'm looking for is something responsive and stable, which can handle subclassing and all the rest of it with a minimum of fuss. The Instantiations product is getting there in terms of performance and stability, but its not - in my opion - anywhere near solid enough.


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    #13
    nuada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭nuada


    Keep it simple, use vim


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    #14
    warrenaldo
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭warrenaldo


    eclipse is great and i cant reccommend it enough. but if your doing simple enough stuff and want a small qucik easy to use IDE then JCreator is pretty good. doesnt give you all the features of Eclipse. But install it and itll take you 5 secondes to be ready to create your first file.

    Eclipse eats my processor(not a good one) a lot, so i often use Jcreator for simple stuff.


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