Hi All,
I am learning
Java for last six months and still I am in search of a good
IDE for Java. I have tried NotePad, Textpad, RealJ, Kawa, JBuilder 2.0, MS Visual J++ 6.0, JDeveloper 3.1 and still not easy with any one of these tools. Now I give you comments about each tool.
1. Textpad, RealJ, Kawa are good for learning & small application but if you are working on big application, you need some quick tool and a tool in which you can get help/reference easily. So these are not good for advance programming.
2. JBuilder 2.0 is a good tool and provide popups for properties & methods and context sensitive help. It has two problems: One is that it don't support Swing & other new features, second it add its own useless classes in your program. Its new versions (3.0, 3.5) needs a lot of memomry & space.
3. MS Visual J++ is just Microsoft Java & not SUN Java, so don't feel comfortable in it.
4. JDeveloper 3.1 is just a copy of JBuilder and it is better than JBuilder but it need a lot of memory and slow down on 64MB RAM.
Can any body suggest me a good tool:
I JUST NEED A SIMPLE IDE BASED ON SUN JAVA 1.2 AND PROVIDES API HELP & POPUPS. BUT DON'T TRY TO ADD ITS OWN FUNCTIONALITY IN MY PROGRAM.
Thanks
Noor