java development in Tiger

[spiderman]

anyone doing java development in Tiger?
what is a good IDE? eclipse?
tia

[lamski]

You have several choices:

1. XCode 2 - already comes with Tiger. I still haven't really worked with it because it follows a very different usage pattern than Eclipse or Netbeans.

2. Eclipse 3.x - The look and feel is the same as the windows version.

3. Netbeans 4.1 - Comes with everything you need built-in. This IDE is my personal favorite but its aqua look and feel doesn't look good. So I make it use the default swing (metal or ocean theme depending on the version of java it runs under) look and feel so it looks better.

All these IDEs are free. But they need some tweaks to make them work with Java 1.5 (also codenamed Tiger).

4. If you're really hardcore, you can also use vi, nano (a derivative of pico), and emacs right in the terminal app. :winkgrin:

[Edited on 8.23.05 by lamski]

[Hallophaunt]

It's not very fancy but I find that Textwrangler suits most of my code-editing needs. (Then again, I don't program strictly in Java so I needed something that was capable of recognizing multiple languages' syntax).

This widget might also help get you going.

[hoho]

I used to used emacs for development when I was still doing Unix programming. Not as cutesy as the ones already mentioned but it works, and it works well. It also supports other programminng languages, like PERL, C/C++, even HTML. Of course, like vi, the command keys can be archaic, but it is fast when you get familiar with them.

Other than that, I've used Eclipse, which is pretty good, and as mentioned earlier, it works just like the Windows version. So, if you've already used Eclipse, you can stick with it. I've also used XCode2, pretty good, and it is integrated with just about every development tool that comes with your Mac.

For the least costly options, XCode will entail the least cost and effort, since it already comes with your Mac, all you need to do is pop in the Developer's CD.

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[greengargouille]

I used my mac now as my main development platform. Was using IntelliJ when I was using the crappy window platform I'm very glad IntelliJ is also available on the mac platform. Though, its a bit pricey, IntelliJ is still the best IDE in my book.

[lamski]

I want to try out IntelliJ myself but at USD 499 for a new user license, I'll have to content myself with free open source IDEs. Fortunately, eclipse 3.1 and Netbeans 5.0 (beta) are more than adequate and can hold their own against commercial IDEs.

I've been using Netbeans 5.0 for a few months now and I must say I'm quite impressed. It's got all the bases covered - java, html, xml, jsp, sql, j2ee, RAD GUI development, etc. It also supports deploying to most j2ee application servers e.g. JBoss. It also supports Sun's newest profiler JFluid. The most interesting thing that Netbeans 5.0 has is support for team collaboration - it has a chat client module that supports code formatting and syntax hilighting, you can conduct code reviews and even edit a shared file all at the same time! It's really revolutionary! I haven't covered all that this IDE can do but I'm excited that version 5.0 will officially be released this December. You can read all about at http://www.netbeans.org.

[Edited on 11.27.05 by lamski]

[jino]

I use Emacs