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Stuart Howard wrote: |
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> I am a Gentoo user with an urge to try my hand at coding, java seems |
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> to fit the bill as a language that has cross platform appeal and so |
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> on, you guys know the rest. |
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> My question is this, I want to spend my time learning the language not |
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> the various apps that allow me to do this so what would your |
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> recommendation be for a new starter such as myself. |
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get a book on java and learn the fundamentals. |
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> I seem to have a choice of using either blackdown or the sun packages, |
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> I have read sufficient to realise that the blackdown project was the |
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> original linux port of Sun's Java but Today what would you suggest as |
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> the platform to pick ie. is the Blackdown package well supported under |
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> Gentoo? will updates come promptly when considered stable? or the the |
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> Sun package better supported? and for that matter as a new user would |
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> I be better of with one or the other for a reason I have not yet come |
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> too? |
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either one is a good one to start learning java with then you can start |
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to formulate your opinions on the different jvms. I, personally, use |
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sun, blackdown, and jikes (in that order). |
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> Next up would be an IDE, is Kdevelop good for java or is netbeans a |
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> good choice? again your experiance would be helpful at this stage, the |
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> netbeans site seems to imply that they provide functinality not |
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> available elsewhere will this mean that my code [once I get there ;) ] |
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> be specific to netbeans? or should I go for a fundamentalist approach |
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> and stick to "simple" approach and trusty vim? |
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vim is a great editor...however, it is not an ide. I am very partial to |
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eclipse. what a great tool...now, if they only had a killer vim plugin |
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then my world would be complete. |
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ray |
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