which java ide?

Clarkey · 27 Jan 2007 at 17:33

Eclipse, I use it on windows and it seems allright to me, how is it slow?

Rossmac · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:52

netbeans does me fine.

benjo plz. · 28 Jan 2007 at 18:55

Eclipse.

jon86 · 29 Jan 2007 at 17:45

Eclipse. The only problem I have is that is crashes quite a lot on Vista RC1* and Java SE 6.

* it's usually fine on XP Professional and imagine it would be great on OSX.

Dj_Jestar · 29 Jan 2007 at 19:25

Clarkey said:
Eclipse, I use it on windows and it seems allright to me, how is it slow?

Varies from time to time, but usually it's the Intellisense that can bring the whole app to a snails pace.

Hades · 29 Jan 2007 at 20:55

Clarkey said:
Eclipse, I use it on windows and it seems allright to me, how is it slow?

I find it a little slow on Linux but OSX and Windows XP are fine. There seem to be a few reasons why it can seem slow at times. Firstly it is written in Java: I disagree with most people who think Java is inherrantly slow, but it does have garbage collection pauses. Secondly Eclipse is not specifically a Java IDE. It is a workbench that uses plugins to transform it into many different types of IDE (C++, Cobol, PHP, etc). Both of these issues can be partly addressed by extra physical memory and also allowing the JVM more memory at startup.

Chrisss · 29 Jan 2007 at 21:15

jedit is pretty good+simple, dunno if it's on mac though.

Subliminal Aura · 29 Jan 2007 at 22:40

Hades said:
I find it a little slow on Linux but OSX and Windows XP are fine.

This all depends on what default JRE is being used for your OS.
The core JRE for kubuntu (1.4.2 I think ) stinks with eclipse a simple upgrade to 1.5 and eclipse starts to fly.

triggerthat · 30 Jan 2007 at 00:09

Hate said:
my old uni used to teach using bluej, might be worth a look ?

BlueJ is good if you are new to Java but certainly not recommended for project or serious work.

fumbles · 30 Jan 2007 at 02:47

Textpad! Quick, fast and none of the bull.