Some newbie questions again

Can I use VS.NET 2003 to develop java applications (not VJ)? (I cant give up Visual Assist)

What is the difference between VJ and java?

And which editor do you recommend us for java?

I think no.
I think you mean the editor isnt it?
There is one called Visual Assist X which can be used with VS.NET.


Microsoft Visual J++ is a Java IDE for editing, compiling, and debugging Java source code. It also provides GUI editing tools that generate code for you you. Visual J++ added some extensions to the pure Java language that you can easily disable.
The latest version of Visual J++ is 6.0. It supports JDK 1.1.

Microsoft VJ++ is several releases out of date, and does not have many of the most important libraries, such as RMI and beans.

Even though it has a nice GUI IDE, if you want to
program in Java, you are better off avoiding VJ++, and using any
of the free IDEs.
There are a number of free editors and IDEs available for java.
Some are :
Eclipse
NetBeans
JEdit
For simple java programs use JEdit(Lightweight).
For heavyweight, use NetBeans.
I prefer NetBeans than other IDEs and Editors.

Visit this interesting link:
Visual Mainwin

Regards,
Paramesh.

Yes I mean the editor.


What about VJ.NET? I think it is not similar with Java, am I right?


Ok , I will write heavyweight programs but in future So, for now should I use Jedit?

I tried Jedit but code completition is not good, it takes long to open popup menu.

I cant understand Eclipse SDK. What is it?

I hope other editors are better.


Thank you very much...

Yes.
Here is the extract from the microsoft VJ#.NET site FAQ:
Visual J# .NET 2003 is not a tool for developing applications intended to run on a Java virtual machine. Applications and services built with Visual J# .NET 2003 will run only in the .NET Framework; they will not run on any Java virtual machine. Visual J# .NET 2003 has been developed independently by Microsoft. It is neither endorsed nor approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Q. Can I write Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications with Visual J# .NET?
A. We use no Sun Microsystems technology in this product, nor do we produce bytecode class files. You can use Visual J# .NET to write classes using the Java-language syntax and then compile them using a third-party Java development tool. Applications written and compiled with Visual J# .NET target the .NET Framework exclusively.

So, the way is to code java programs in VJ#.net and then compile it using other ways.

Practicing NetBeans from the beginning itself helps a lot.

Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools and frameworks that span the software development lifecycle, including support for modeling, language development environments for Java, C/C++ and others, testing and performance, business intelligence, rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse Platform.

Netbeans 5 has better code completion.

Regards,
Paramesh.

Thank you very very much!!

I love this forum

I will ask you so many questions later