I would also recommend emacs but I use the bash unix shell under unix from
www.cygnus.com which gives me nice unix tools like make.
For GUI development I have used the free GUI builder from www.tek-tools.com
which works fairly well. They actually make an excellent IDE called kawa as
well.
Grant Jennings wrote:
> I have looked at visual Age, J++, Java workshop & Cafe and have found that
> they all have their quirks. I have generally found that it is easier and
> quicker to just use a text editor and a dos window.
>
> I use Emacs for 95/NT with the JDE extension. Emacs is by far the best
> editor in existence and the JDE makes compilation, running and debugging a
> breeze. Best of all.....it is free.
>
> What you don't have however is a visual builder, but I have found that the
> builders with the commercial products (although comprehensive) generate
> quite unpleasant code.
> I did find an _interesting_ applet on the web that assisted in creating
> panels using a GridBagLayout and generates some of the cleanest code I have
> seen. Here is a link.
> http://www.absurd.org/jb/gbm/
>
> It generates clean code because it is specific to a GridBagLayout instead of
> the generic tools that come with all the IDE's. Perhaps if someone wrote an
> IDE that used plugin's(beans perhaps) for each of the layout managers we
> might have something useful.
>
> my 2c worth
>
> Gj
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason
> > Stratton
> > Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 1999 6:21
> > To: Price, Eric; 'Stephane Cloutier'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [java3d] wfc & j3d
> >
> >
> > I was hoping to hear an answer to this as well.
> >
> > My reasons are purely economic. I have access to an old version of Cafe
> > which does not support Java 2 and I do not have the cash on hand to
> > upgrade. I do have access to the most current version of J++ here at
> > work. So, if I could use Java 2.0 and Java3D with J++, I could use it
> > until I purchased a new version of Cafe.
> >
> > While we're on the topic, I would like to hear what people prefer for
> > development on Windows. Cafe looks good. I've heard good things about
> > JBuilder. And VisualAge looks exciting. But I do not have much practical
> > experience with any of them. I'd like to hear what good/bad about each
> > and how well they work with the media API's, specifically Java3D.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Jason
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Price, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:22 PM
> > To: 'Stephane Cloutier'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [java3d] wfc & j3d
> >
> >
> > Why would you want to mix Java and Microsoft? Isn't that a little (or a
> > lot)
> > like mixing hens and coyotes?
> >
> > Hint: Symantec Cafe looks and feels just like J++, but uses real Java,
> > not a
> > polluted Java fake.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephane Cloutier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 8:15 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [java3d] wfc & j3d
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi! Does anybody succeeded in using j3d with wfc and J++? Is
> > it
> > possible? J++ doesn't seem to support jdk1.2's features so the two
> > doesn't
> > sounds really compatible for me but I can easily be wrong, am I?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Stephane
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