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Does BBEdit support Java? I'm a beginning computer science student and I bought BBEdit 7.0.1 for os 10.2.3. We're learning to program in java. I've often read and been told that BBEdit is text editor for the job, but I can't seem to find much about java in the manual. Can any experienced user give me some advice?
It does syntax highlighting for Java, if that's what you mean, and you can easily tie it to javac with shell scripts or Applescript. And, of course, it's a great all round text editor. It's not exactly designed, though, as a Java IDE.
While it isn't an IDE for java it works well for what you want. I have tried using the various IDE's for java in Windows and they all slow me down in comparision to BBEdit and using the command line. You can always write scripts to automate things if needed, but as a Junior level CS student I haven't needed it so far.
Yes, I used BBEdit 6.5 for all my Java development. It works quite well. Most people just want syntax highlighting, indention, brace-matching, etc., and BBEdit has all of this. You can hook it up to run ant build scripts as well.
Mac Pro 2x 2.66 GHz Dual core, Apple TV 160GB, two Windows XP PCs
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