Which program for basic beginner Java programming?

T345 · 8 May 2012 at 20:52

I was thinking about Eclipse, but I'm not sure which one to download?
Thanks
Bakht

uniQ · 8 May 2012 at 21:12

Eclipse or Netbeans. Go with classic 3.7.2

T345 · 8 May 2012 at 21:13

ok thanks

Bigsy · 8 May 2012 at 23:59

Netbeans is more basic than eclipse which can be a blessing in itself especially for a beginner. Eclipse is powerful but can be an unstable pile of **** sometimes, has me shouting obscenities around the office most days.

Kyzou · 9 May 2012 at 11:38

For learning Java, BlueJ (http://www.bluej.org/) is very helpful, then move onto a full IDE after you have learned the basics

AMMUT · 9 May 2012 at 12:16

To be honest, to learn whats happening properly, use Notepad++ and then compile and run small programs using the command line.

I think you will have a greater understanding of what is happening when you hit the 'run' button in an IDE after that.

T345 · 9 May 2012 at 16:42

Thanks, could anyone reccommend any tutorials?

orderoftheflame · 9 May 2012 at 21:14

Going to mix it up and say IntelliJ IDEA (the community Edition).

I prefer it a lot over Eclipse.

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html

kierenharrold · 9 May 2012 at 21:20

For a beginner i wouldn't recommend an IDE, go for something like notepad++ or editplus, a text editor with syntax highlighting. The reason is an IDE points out issues before you compile. You will probably learn quicker by making mistakes and learning the hard way.

uniQ · 9 May 2012 at 21:38

Start here:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/reallybigindex.html

Also get familiar with the API.

Dj_Jestar · 9 May 2012 at 21:39

Recommended that new guys stay away from IDEs sounds frightfully backward. Learn what, exactly? How to pull hair out?

IDEs are there to abstract the developer away from the trivial problems that do nothing but wind people up. It is of no benefit to anyone to go through the pains of CLASSPATH etc when modern developers use tools, such as provided by Eclipse and other IDEs, to make these stages autonomous and irrelevant.

T345 · 11 May 2012 at 16:17

thanks guys

mr_stat · 12 May 2012 at 21:10

I highly recommend Eclipse (even though it seems to be getting slated in this thread :eek:

).

Back in the day when I was learning Java, I just followed Sun's Java tutorial and built on that. It's fairly basic but does cover a wide range of functionality offered by the Java programming language.

Best of luck with your venture into Java.