NetBeans BlueJ Edition
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NetBeans BlueJ Edition is an integrated development environment
(IDE) meant to transition students from the introductory IDE BlueJ
to the more professional IDE NetBeans
. The first release of the IDE is now available for download.
Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
(IDE) meant to transition students from the introductory IDE BlueJ
BlueJ
BlueJ is an integrated development environment for the Java programming language, developed mainly for educational purposes, but also suitable for small-scale software development....
to the more professional IDE NetBeans
NetBeans
NetBeans refers to both a platform framework for Java desktop applications, and an integrated development environment for developing with Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Groovy, C, C++, Scala, Clojure, and others...
. The first release of the IDE is now available for download.
NetBeans BlueJ Edition versus BlueJ
| BlueJ | NetBeans BlueJ Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Object Bench | Integral to BlueJ | None |
| Interactivity with adhoc classes | Inherent in object bench | None |
| Compiling programs | Uses selected version of Javac.exe | Uses selected version of Javac.exe, but with parameter to use Java 1.4 if using a BlueJ project (this is fixed by editing the project's .properties file) |
| main method or Main class | Has no effect on program (other than creating JAR files) | Required to run a program |
| BlueJ view | Main window. Allows movement of classes, etc. Shows most class relationships. | An optional view, only uses images for a simplified list. No movement, no relationships displayed. |
| Debugging | Has debugging console. Is buggy and cumbersome for large projects. | Has all traditional debugging views. |