From owner-freebsd-java Mon Feb 25 9: 7:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from firewall.ox.com (firewall.ox.com [129.77.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EE5F37B417 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:07:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from firewall.ox.com (root@localhost) by firewall.ox.com with ESMTP id g1PH7DL25679 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:07:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from pur-sv-tumbmms1.ox.com (pur-sv-tumbmms1.ox.com [129.77.103.5]) by firewall.ox.com with SMTP id g1PH7DX25675 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:07:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from 129.77.2.97 by pur-sv-tumbmms1.ox.com with ESMTP ( Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7)); Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:07:13 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: 7c16403c-60dc-47d4-9228-e9695ec29764 Message-ID: <3C7A6F41.70308@ox.com> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:07:13 -0500 From: "Robert Furphy" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8+) Gecko/20020220 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java with simpler tools - question References: <15482.27006.112444.64119@caddis.yogotech.com> X-WSS-ID: 1064B0CB147803-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've done the same thing as Nate (used to do) for years now and find it completely workable. The html documemtation has kept up with the "plethora of new classes/methods in later releases". These docs stay the most up to date with each release. The beta docs even give you a peek at what's coming so you can account for it in new development. I keep locally downloaded copies for speed of access with a bookmark to api/index.html. Rob Nate Williams wrote: >>So when you are developing Java under FreeBSD, and if you choose to >> >use > >>basic editors and not IDEs, what references do you keep open to >>substitute for all the API and Class help that IDEs normally offer? >> > >When *I* did Java work, all those years ago (*sigh*), I used netscape >with the standard documentation up. > >Also, The Addison Wessley books were invaluable with well written >docuementation that included good examples in most classes of how to use >the functions. However, I don't know if they've been able to keep up >with the plethora of new classes/methods in later releases. > >I found that it was sometimes more work to lookup the API/Classes within >the IDE, but that may have been because I got used to doing things a >different way. > > >Nate > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message > -- F.Y.I. Due to severe bugs in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook users may not be able to read beyond this point... begin Your mail client is begin-bug free. [;-)] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message