when I started java at uni all I had was textpad and a command line. You didn't get much syntax-highlighting goodness or any code-completion, but it forced you to think a bit harder which in retrospect was a good thing while getting started. You didn't need to worry about the complexities of IDE's and project layout etc etc, just how to write a main class, compile & run it.
Allen, have you tried Blue Jay? the posse seem to rave about it for beginners so that might be suitable. Otherwise I'd say feed your computer some more RAM and give Netbeans a try, if you use the barebones IDE without all the EE plugins it shouldn't be *too* bad. If all you're after is a lightweight fast java-aware editor (simple code completion, syntax highlighting, ant build, etc), then I fully recommend jEdit [www.*jedit*.org] it's 100% free open source java, highly configurable and very fast (once it loads). It has a million plugins that do (virtually) anything you'd want to do. Caveat Emptor: to go beyond simple editing (eg - code-completion) can take a fair amount of fiddling with installing plugins etc. plus point though is that it has an interface to load plugins from, so you don't need to do the eclipse voodoo of incanting magic urls to install plugins. sorry I've never tried JCoder so I can't comment on it, day-to-day I use IntelliJ which is an excellent COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) product written in java, it's not free but I find it a lot easier to use and be productive with than eclipse. (personal opinon, not flamebait) also, on the topic of java police: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/ *ducks* 2008/9/19 Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Religious followers have always burned the witch on the stake for not > conforming. The OP clearly states his computer is slow and has trouble > with Eclipse, obviously even more "full blown" Java IDE's like > NetBeans and/or JDeveloper are not going to help him much then are > they?! > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:08 PM, allen cheung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I'm a Java beginner and now sourcing a lightweight Java IDE for my school projects. I used Eclipse before but it ran a bit slow on my 2 yrs old computer. Anyone has tried JCODER, http://www.jcoder.com. I'm using its Lite version and consider to switch to its full version. Appreciate your comments. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
