easier way to prgm in java?

[apu95]

a friend has java programming in his university classes and he's having some trouble with it. i dont have much experience on this, but im willing to learn as well. problem is that i find it a bit of a pain to have to use notepad first to do the coding, then use the javac command to compile and finally the java command to run the little app.

is there a friendlier program i can use (kinda like VB style, or C++ style) which will let me see the code at the same time, and simulate the program, etc etc?

thx a lot!
Apu

 

[vern]

You need an IDE. I've been using Java for a couple years now and my IDE of choice is Netbeans. It's a free download with the SDK. There are many other IDEs out there, but for what you are looking for, Netbeans will work really well.

 

[Geffy]

JCreator Lite is one of the better Java IDEs I have used. Its mainly better cause its written in C++ and not Java so it doesnt look ****e and its also not slower than sin