Free Java Editors and IDEs
Free Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Free Java IDEs and Editors
Listed on this page are integrated development environment (IDE) specifically designed for writing Java code. These tools often allow you to compile and debug your Java program from the editor environment, as well as browse through your classes, etc.
If you are looking for more general editors or IDEs, or IDEs that can handle a variety of programming languages (including Java, JavaScript, PHP, etc) please check either the Free Programmers' Editors and IDE page and the Free HTML Editors, WYSIWYG Web Editors, PHP Editors page instead.
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Free Java IDE, Free Java Editors
- Eclipse
Eclipse is an open source extensible IDE. At present, it works well as a Java IDE, and includes Java development tools. It requires that you have the Sun Java runtime environment (JRE) installed. The IDE supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, Linux, Solaris, QNX, AIX, HP-UX, Mac OS X, and possibly other systems as well.
- NetBeans
NetBeans is a cross-platform open source IDE for Java that comes with a syntax highlighting code editor that supports code completion, annotations, macros, auto-indentation, etc. It includes visual design tools (wizards) for code generation. It integrates with numerous compilers, debuggers, Java Virtual Machines and other tools.
- Gel
Gel is an IDE for Java that features syntax highlighting (Java, JSP, HTML, XML, C, C++, Perl, Python, etc), unlimited undo and redo, column selection mode, block indent and unindent, highlighting of matching braces, spell checking, automatic positioning of closing braces, auto indent, regular expression searches, find in files, code completion (Java and JSP), parameter hints, identifier hints, context sensitive help linked to Javadoc, class browser, project management, integrated support for ANT and JUnit, differencing tool to compare files, etc. It works only on Windows (it was not written in Java).
- DrJava Java IDE
DrJava is an integrated development environment for Java, released under the GNU GPL, that allows you to interactively evaulate Java expressions.
- BlueJ Java IDE
BlueJ is a Java IDE that has a built-in editor, compiler, virtual machine and debugger for writing Java programs. It also has a graphical class structure display, supports graphical and textual editing, allows interactive object creation, interactive testing and incremental application building.
- JIPE Java IDE
Jipe is a free Java IDE written in Java. It allows you to write and test Java applications and applets. Among its features are syntax highlighting, a Methods speedbar and project management. Since it's written in Java, it is presumably portable to all operating systems that has a Java Virtual Machine. The author appears to have tested it on both Windows and Linux.
- JCreator Java IDE LE (Light Edition)
The light edition of this IDE for Java has support for project management, a syntax highlighting editor, wizards, class viewer, package viewer, tabbed documents, JDK profiles (which allows you to work with multiple Java Development Kits), a customizable user interface, etc. JCreator runs on Windows 95, 98, NT4, 2000 (and presumably Windows ME too).
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