David Warnock wrote:
>
> Helge,
>
> > what tools do you use for *efficient* programming in Java?
>
> I use VisualSlick Edit as my editor/IDE (I can compile, run etc from
> within it).
>
> I use Jikes for compiling.
>
> Dubugging is not very ideal we simply use a debug class of our own
> which also handles asserts.
>
> I do not use and do not want to use a GUI Builder. All our forms are
> very dynamic (we already support 5 languages and lots of options on
> what is visible). Also we use a very carefully crafted class library
> so we are not writing any GUI stuff more than once.
>
> I have used Delphi for a long time and it is the best RAD tool. But
> we can write Java Applications that are much cheaper to maintain by
> not using a GUI Builder. There are lots of reasons for this.
[snip of summary of good reasons not to use a GUI builder]
I would agree. I've used most of the most popular IDE's - Visual Age,
Visual Cafe and JBuilder2, but now I'm on a java job where we use
xemacs and jdk and it's the best for GUI's as far as I'm concerned.
JBuilder2 was pretty good with it's reflection/code inspector at
getting me up to speed on the api's, but now I prefer xemacs.
BTW, I'm looking for some recommendations on setting up a Linux/Java
development system. Right now I have a K6 200Mhz w/128Mb ram, 1.6 and
1.0 Gb drives. I was thinking of getting a 6.4Gb "Linux On A Disk"
with Linux installed for $219. Sounded pretty good to me, but a couple
of questions.
Anybody got any impressions on this Linux On A Disk deal? I'm not sure
whether my system will handle three drives, but if not maybe I could
replace the 1.0Gb with the 6.4Gb. I guess I'm still a little gun shy
at installing Linux alongside NT, because I had some real headaches
last year when I tried to intall the two os's together. It seemed that
NT did not like Linux being on the same machine, so because I "needed"
the NT app's, I gave up on Linux. Now I'm ready to try it again. And
OK, I admit it, I'm not ready to be completely weaned from NT until
I'm comfortable with Linux.
Also is there a xemacs for Linux? I always like to duplicate somehow
the development environment I use at work.
TIA for any suggestions.
Michael
