Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:14:25 -0400 From: Dylan Carlson <absinthe@pobox.com> To: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up a Java development environment Message-ID: <200208151714.25302.absinthe@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <3D5A7757.27861.41DAA152@localhost> References: <3D5A7757.27861.41DAA152@localhost>
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On Wednesday 14 August 2002 03:29pm, Dan Langille wrote: > I have used Java in my deep dark past. I think it was a Borland > environment, but I can't remember. I think it was I am about to > start doing it again[1]. What do you recommend as a development > environment? I have access to both a XP desktop and a KDE desktop > (via VNC for now). Man I have tried everything. Try JEdit 4.0, seriously. JEdit is a pure Java editor, and it's fast, and does just about everything well. It has "modes" (if you are familiar with the emacs meaning of that word) and they are extensive -- I use it to edit XML, DocBook/SGML, C, PHP, shell scripts, Perl, etc. Everything. The plugins in JEdit allow you to do quite a bit: debug (JPDA), use Ant as a build tool, code beautify, build diffs, javadoc, checkins/checkouts to (CVS or whatever, you can also do this through Ant), test code under many different JDKs on-the-fly, convert your code to HTML, etc. Too many things to mention here. You can invade IRC from JEdit if you want to. :-) The plugins install easily (automatically from within the app; you just pick which ones you want, and it takes care of the rest). JEdit also will auto-update itself. Perhaps most immediately valuable aspect of JEdit is that the "theme" of the editor is very customizable. On the surface, that seems trivial -- but if you spend enough time in any editor you know how badly you'd like you tweak the appearance. (color schemes, fonts, whitespace, etc). It comes with many different themes to choose from, or you can quickly make your own. It makes a difference. JEdit is immediately useable in it's default form without plugins, but the first thing anyone should do when starting out with JEdit is go load up on plugins first. I can't recommend this editor enough. [ http://www.jedit.org ] [ /usr/ports/editors/jedit ] Cheers, -- Dylan Carlson [absinthe@pobox.com] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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