Borland JBuilder 2005

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Is it any good? Anyone use it? I'm thinking of getting it.

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JEdit suits me just fine.

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JEdit suits me just fine.

I ask because i am currently in Year 1 of my BSc Computer Science and we are learning Java using BlueJ atm. I don't want to stick with BlueJ as its only for learning. My university have Borland JBuilder 2005 installed and i can probably get it for cheap off them.

So, any criticisms of it? Anything that stands out. Any good points?

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Well, it's not free......and there are plenty of free IDE's like it. I've only used it once(trial version), and there are a lot of bells and whistles to which I didn't feel like learning.
Try a free one before buying:
JCreator
Netbeans
Java IDE -- a lot of people prefer this one


Personally, I like using the commandline and JEdit. Overall, I would say use a free one rather than paying for one. They virtually do the same thing.


As for good/bad points, I really can't say.

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Well, it's not free......and there are plenty of free IDE's like it. I've only used it once(trial version), and there are a lot of bells and whistles to which I didn't feel like learning.
Try a free one before buying:
JCreator
Netbeans
Java IDE -- a lot of people prefer this one


Personally, I like using the commandline and JEdit. Overall, I would say use a free one rather than paying for one. They virtually do the same thing.


As for good/bad points, I really can't say.

Can you give me a link to Java IDE? When i try that in google it just gives me a link to JCreator, which isn't free, you only get a 30 day trial period.

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I've never tried it, but here is the link:
http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/javide19.zip

It may turn out to be crap, or it may turn out to be something you really like.

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I've never tried it, but here is the link:
http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/javide19.zip

It may turn out to be crap, or it may turn out to be something you really like.

It is pretty crap, its just a text editor really. If i wanted to write code in a text editor i would use notepad. It also has no compiler and no debugger with it.

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Well, in that case I would either get eclipse, netbeans, or jcreator. You must make sure you select the free edition, because all of these have versions which aren't free. Eclipse and netbeans are almost identical to what jbuilder has to offer.