This may actually show how much of a Noobie I am but does anyone know where I can grab Java.net from?
I don't really like eclipse and would like a version integrated with my Visual Studio environment.
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I'm afraid you are out of luck. A few years back, Microsoft had their own non-standard version of Java (J++, and then J#), but they have been discontinued. Also, they weren't compatible with the official Java spec so code wasn't portable to other machines/JVM's.
If you want to program Java and don't like Eclipse, check out either Netbeans (free) or IntelliJ (free limited version/full paid version).
gbc
2010-07-28 00:49:11
Yeah I remember having J# a while ago. It's not that we're actually going to use J# but we are trying to learn Java here and I thought that having it in a familiar environment might speed things up a tad. Thanks for confirming the worst! :)
griegs
2010-07-28 00:53:17
Gotcha. If you haven't taken a look at IntelliJ, it's made by the same folks who produce ReSharper for Visual Studio -- JetBrains. It still feels a bit foreign coming from VS, but a very nice IDE for Java work.
gbc
2010-07-28 01:02:23
That's why C# does exist in first place ( despite C# fan's say )
OscarRyz
2010-07-28 01:10:52
@OscarRyz we're about to embark on Endeca projects and require Java knowledge and skills so...
griegs
2010-07-28 01:13:11
@griegs no, I mean, about the gbc answer, when MS was banned from continuing with J++ they launched C#. In retrospective that was the best thing that could happen to VB developers ;)
OscarRyz
2010-07-28 01:29:26