So what is the best IDE ?

first, i don't know where to post this,
hope its the right place

second,

when coding in JAVA i used two Editors,
JCreator and NetBeans.
the first one is sort of good.
its not heavy on the machine and its so simple, really like this feature.

the second one is also good, got many examples, but i found that its heavy, its not running as smooth as JCreator.

well, I'm asking if anyone have any suggestions, any good editors which any one used before and found it good, i would like to hear.

thanks

Since this question has been asked so often, the powers-that-be here have created a sticky thread for it:http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/...your-code.html Please have a look at this thread, and feel free to contribute to it.

Oh, and welcome to the forum!

edit: One last thing, I forgot to warn you that this thread is quite long and is currently up to page 23. I told you that this subject was popular! Happy reading!

oh well, thanks
didnt think that topic would discuss this,
thanks any way
and thanks for welcoming ^^

FWIW, I use Eclipse for heavy-duty and Notepad++ for light-weight editing, both of which are heavily discussed in the link above.

it's clashing opinions,
cant define any good IDE that suites my preferred features.
anyways, i'll keep reading.
i'm got to 4th page :D

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it's clashing opinions,

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Isn't it always this way?

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cant define any good IDE that suites my preferred features.

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the "perfect IDE" doesn't exist. The best you can do is prioritize your desired features and compromise.

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anyways, i'll keep reading.
i'm got to 4th page :D

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Much luck.

do u suggest any simple, user friendly, light on RAM editor ? ;)

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Originally Posted by scylla

do u suggest any simple, user friendly, light on RAM editor ? ;)

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I already did in my post above (post #4).

rather than that ???
i sort of put an eye on eclipse,
but do u have any other suggestions over your experience? or just have i to download eclipse ?
what do you think?

You said lightweight, and Eclipse isn't lightweight, but it's a decent heavyweight editor/IDE. Again Notepad++ is a decent lightweight editor, and again if this doesn't fulfill your needs, then please have a look at the thread linked to above where the pros and cons of many editors are debated.

OK :(
its really hard to pick one editor,
even though, i'll give eclipse a try

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