What are the good Java IDE tools

[David Simmons]

What Java IDE tools are most developers using with OSX? I am currently using JBuilder, but getting updates, help or even asking a question to Borland is way to plain ful for me. Their website is the worse I have ever seen.

Have any suggestions?

 

[gumse]

ProjectBuilder combined with jvider (for gui-building) http://www.jvider.com/index.html

or perhaps

CodeWarrior for Java

 

[symphonix]

JBuilder is pretty good, too.

 

[GSpotter]

eclipse

 

[wiz]

jedit (www.jedit.org)

 

[PowerMacX]

Wich version of Eclipse will work on Mac OS X? The Linux version? If so, should I download "...linux-motiff.zip" or "...linux-gtk.zip" ?

 

[GSpotter]

Originally posted by PowerMacX
Wich version of Eclipse will work on Mac OS X? The Linux version?

No. There's a dedicated MacOS X version in the current builds for v2.1. It is not finalized yet, but they are already at the Release Candidate (RC) stage. I have RC2 installed, there is already a RC3 available.

 

[abyard]

Try NetBeans (http://www.netbeans.org/ide/download.html) it's free and it runs on OSX / Win / Unix etc.

Note: Last time I ran it on JDK1.4.1 it was a bit flakey, I ended up going back to JDK1.3.1 - Don't know what the current situation is?