I need a simple JAVA editor

[jray2003]

I use to have but since have lost it a simple JAVA editor that will allow me to just create a simple .java files.

This is mostly used to work with tutorials and things like JavaBeans or even Eclipse is way over my head and to complext to use.

For example I want to test this out.


// HelloWorld.java
//
//
// Cut and paste this code into a file named:
// HelloWorld.java
//
// Compile and run:
// javac HelloWorld.java
// java HelloWorld

class HelloWorld {

public static void main(String args[]) {

System.out.println("Hello World,"
System.out.println("It's me..."

}
}

I miss the simple days, but I really need something that will work within Windows and not from the cmd line.

Thank you for the help.

Jim

 

[venur]

Hi,

For Simple testing you can use either Edit Plus or JEdit. I am not sure about JEdit I haven't used it. But EditPlus is simple for learning you could try for simple java files.

Cheers,
Venu

 

[jstreich]

Hows about something like Emacs (avalible for DOS/Mac/Windows) and is fairly intutive (it's a supped up text editor with syntax highlighting).... JEdit is java editor (that is a text editor, written in java) that is a lot like Emacs, only it adds a few other bells and whistles -- and it also isn't completed yet. JEdit and Emacs are both GNU-GPL'd (they are free, and opensource).

 

[jwenting]

Notepad, VI, Emacs, any other text editor will do fine.

 

[grega]

I use Textpad, which has a java plug-in allowing you to compile and run programs from the editor (assuming you have the additional software installed - JDK/Tomcat). Also shows keywords, etc in different colours.

Greg.