I have started with java with a book (from France) and I have written some codes in notepad and tried to implement them in the JBorland 6 I have but still have some problem.
When I use the IDE with the same compiler, I have even made an text editor!(I know that is nothing for big brain like you!!)
But I get the point...to mastering the language, it would be better to continue coding,
but here is so much new features in the latest version of IDE that you feel like missing something , something is happenning without you...
and they say that Java is the language of the future...