SRL Archive - Java Help and Tutorials

Hey. I was just wondering. When writing in Java, some people use notepad and others use eclipse… What's the difference? Also, in other languages like VB or C++ you get to drag buttons onto the form and other things like text boxs etc…

How do you do that in Java, or are the buttons coded?

Thanks guys.

Different development environments have different features. Eclipse offers syntax highlighting as well as completion for names of methods, etc. and also tells you dynamically if your code will not compile.

If you don't know which one to use, try a few different ones out.

Alright, thats clarified. How about buttons and texts in java, how do I do that as eclipse doesn't provide all those things ( I think )

Also, is eclipse good for making windows apps. Like basic things.

java isnt a visual language, you write the code for buttons and any gui

Oh ok. Awesome, mod can lock now if want.