>>>>> "Stephane" == Stephane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stephane> I plan to give a coure about jde and to introduce this IDE
Stephane> to my new pupills next january. What would you show to
Stephane> emacs-beginners ? What are your favorites jde's features
I find automatic documentation look up, and source navigation
using `jde-open-class-source' to be the features of JDE that I use
most frequently. The code completion stuff is nice as well, although I
because its mouse driven I tend to use hippie-expand where I can.
To be honest though the two features that I think you should
show to beginners (I presume these are beginner programmers as well as
new to JDE), are not actually features of JDE per se, but rather of
other parts of Emacs. These are automatic code indentation. When I
used to teach my students used to think that I insisted on good
indentation as a form of sadism. And secondly introduce them to the
version control facilities. If you can install PCL-CVS mode (or are
using Emacs 21) then do. To my mind version control is vital to any
sort of development process. Emacs provides a nice enough interface to
several vc systems, and teaching your students to use them will
benefit them enormously.
Phil
