I am familiar with Microsoft technologies. First time I am going to learn Java.Like Visual Studio ,is there any Java GUI IDE is available to compile and run Java programs?
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/galileor
AJ
2010-01-19 18:05:05
Try intellij IDEA Community edition, http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
Teja Kantamneni
2010-01-19 19:07:16
Congrats Dan, easiest 105 rep ever.
FarmBoy
2010-01-27 15:33:24
@Teja Kantamneni: IDEA's Community edition is sorely lacking right now. It doesn't even support JSP: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/editions_comparison_matrix.html. IDEA is a good IDE, if you're paying for it, but both Eclipse and NetBeans beat the free version for functionality.
rtperson
2010-01-27 15:54:08
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Try looking at Eclipse [http://eclipse.org/] or IntelliJIdea 9 from JetBrains [http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/free_java_ide.html]. Both of the two IDEs are free.
Salo
2010-01-19 18:04:48
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There are a few things you would benefit from learning before powering up an IDE, namely the concepts of class paths and such.
See the "Hello World" section of the Sun Java Tutorial at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/index.html
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
2010-01-19 18:13:42
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You might also consider using a simple text editor and the JDK CLI. Both Eclipse and Netbeans are great tools, but they have a learning curve (which IMHO is steeper than the Java language) all to themselves.
Starting out simple and then adding an IDE when you're more familiar with the platform is worth considering.
Erich Douglass
2010-01-19 18:14:27
@fuzzy: It's not FUD and in fact very sensible advice. If you start out using an IDE without understanding the fundamentals like classpaths, packages and how they correspond to directories, then you'll be completely helpless when problems arise, especially when you're learning how to deal with the complexity of the IDE itself at the some time.
Michael Borgwardt
2010-01-27 15:40:54
Don't get me wrong, I use Eclipse every day and think it's a fantastic tool. I just think it's worthwhile to learn the basics before adding on another layer of complication.
Erich Douglass
2010-01-27 15:41:49
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The most popular open source Java IDE's are Eclipse and NetBeans in that order.
An excellent commercial IDE is IntelliJ IDEA, costs a bit of money but is really polished and great to use. There is also a free Community Edition.
Tendayi Mawushe
2010-01-19 18:18:20
IntelliJ IDEA in version 9 (latest one available) comes in the Community Edition flavour which is free (and I find that it has plenty of the required functionality). More here: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/free_java_ide.html
Salo
2010-01-19 18:31:43
Good point I neglected to mention that, I have now updated the post.
Tendayi Mawushe
2010-01-19 20:24:56
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Being a java developer for 9 years, I have used every damn IDE available out there.. Eclipse is good till you add some plugins. Netbeans is one good IDE, but still lacks lot of plugins and support (Not to mention after so many years, they don't have support for perforce). There are lot of other IDE's available but most of them are based on eclipse itself (eg. borland jbuilder). Slick edit also has very good Java and J2EE support and feel it is mostly for java development than J2EE. My final choice and winner is Intellij IDEA Although it is commercial, now a days they have a community edition available too. Start using it and you will see it's worth enough and the only best available out there in java world.
Teja Kantamneni
2010-01-19 19:05:47
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When I first tried programming Java (back in 90's), I had some MS-programming background already. And believe me - you'll not find what you're looking for. You want easy GUI building, but Java is far from being easy when desktop GUI is concerned. You may try Eclipse with some plugins, or NetBeans, but it won't work as you expect.
zorglub76
2010-01-27 15:28:04