Linux Java IDEs
Updated May 1, 2003
Kris Merrill, Author
Summary
The School of Computing and Information Sciences offers many alternative integrated development
environments for Linux. All of these tools are availiable via any Linux
workstation in the CIS Labs. Not only do these IDEs allow a programmer to
work with Java, but it will support other languages such as C++, PHP, etc...
If you have any questions or need assistance with the following programs, please
refer to the software's user manual or email
request@cis.fiu.edu.
Eclipse is a kind of universal tool platform - an open extensible
IDE for anything and nothing in particular. The real value of
Eclipse comes from tool plug-ins that "teach" Eclipse how to work
with things - java files, web content, graphics, video, etc. Eclipse
allows you to independently develop tools that integrate with other
people's tools seamlessly.
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Figure 1.1: Eclispe
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Forte for Java, Community Edition is an extensible, integrated
development environment (IDE) for the Java2 platform. This IDE
provides integrated visual design, editing, compilation, and
debugging for applets and web applications.
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Figure 2.1: Forte
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NetBeans is a cross-platform IDE written in Java. It supports
development in Java, and support for other languages can be added.
The whole IDE is built around a core framework with APIs, and
features are implemented in the form of plugin modules. This clean,
modular architecture makes NetBeans a good platform for building
development tools and custom IDEs.
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Figure 3.1: Netbeans
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