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Chad Myers wrote:
> "Angel" <transnation2k@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:IHvX8.90728$xy.31073401@twister.socal.rr.com...
> 
>>On 11-Jul-2002, "Chad Myers" <cmyers@N0.S.P4.M.austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>From my limited experience with both, JBuilder might be the
>>>better for a Java newbie. I think it can do a little more handholding.
>>>You can grow into JBuilder. From my experience with Eclipse, it's
>>>mainly for the professional, Java expert who has some decent experience.
>>>
>>
>>I just downloaded the Trial version of it.  Jbuilder 7 Enterprise.
>>I like it alot and it reminds me a little of MS InterDev sort of.
>>
>>I also tried Eclipse after installed the required addons to work
>>and it was more of a editor that required Java knowledge already.
>>
>>I must say that I got so much shi* to learn for work in Java
>>and very soon I will be forced to learn VB and VB Advance
>>for college.
> 
> 
> VB Advance? VB.NET?
> 
> 
>>>I'm sure you could use both and be very happy, but to get started,
>>>you might want to look closely at JBuilder.
>>>
>>>But since Eclipse is free, you might just fall in love with it =)
>>>
>>>BTW, I really liked jEdit (www.jedit.org). It's not really an "IDE",
>>>per se, it's more of a glorified text editor, but it's great for
>>>crankin' out serious Java code and it has a really great macro
>>>environment, IMHO.
>>>
>>
>>I hear people use emacs with plugins for the java modules and such
>>but for me.  When I have to learn so much and do so many things
>>besides programming I need something simpler to get the task done.
> 
> 
> Well, for me, jEdit was like Emacs without all the head-keyboard
> banging =)  

An excellent description of my own Emacs/jEdit experiences.

Jim S.