Question regarding program used to Code Java

[triumph]

Could someone tell me the exact name of the program / version used for grade 11 computer programming clases? I completed my grade 10 course using TURING, and was wondering what the Java program was called. I know it's like Ready 2 Program or something but I am not sure.

Thanks alot,

[wtd]

This is one environment in which you can write Java programs. It is by no means the only option, or even the best.

You can obtain the free Java SDK (Software Development Kit) from Sun at http://java.sun.com.

You can use the included tools via the command prompt, and edit Java source code in any plain text editor. If Windows is your OS, I'd recommend the freely available Textpad.

[1of42]

Yeah, in this case wtd is basically spot-on, for a couple of reasons.

There's only 1 redeeming feature of Ready - it auto-indents for you. This saves time, but ultimately it just means that you don't learn the good habits of doing it yourself. TextPad, on the other hand, is a nice simple editor, that has a couple of hotkeys that work with whatever jsdk you have to compile programs. The other issue with ready, in which TextPad beats it, is that Ready uses the Jikes compiler, for some reason - so it's impossible to compile code for 1.5 through Ready.

[triumph]

Awesome, thanks guys. I think I'll go with the SDK from sun because that's what my school uses. Atleast I think so, because I know they werent coding it in plain text editor.

[1of42]

triumph wrote:

Awesome, thanks guys. I think I'll go with the SDK from sun because that's what my school uses. Atleast I think so, because I know they werent coding it in plain text editor.

That doesn't tell you what they were using to compile it... the editor is completely seperate from the compiler - I could theoretically write a program in MS Word, save it as ASCII only, and compile it.

But yeah, go with the SDK.

[[Gandalf]]

What? You can compile Java with more than one thing? Unless you mean the different versions of SDK? Another simple, small, and easy to use Java editor (and other languages too) is Crimson Editor.

[wtd]

[Gandalf] wrote:

What? You can compile Java with more than one thing?

Sun's Java compiler, GCJ, and the various other Java compilers out there.

[[Gandalf]]

Oh, I didn't realize that GCJ and Sun's compiler were different things. Any particular differences?

[Hikaru79]

[Gandalf] wrote:

Oh, I didn't realize that GCJ and Sun's compiler were different things. Any particular differences?

Yes. Sun's compiler is a stable, mature product while GCJ is trying desperatly to catch up. Other interesting compilers out there include Blackdown and (I think someone already mentioned it), Jikes.