> Hi all,
>
> Not sure if this is the right NG to post this to.
>
> I have to learn Java for a new contract. I'm looking for an IDE for Java,
> as close to the .NET IDE, hopefully linked to SQL Server like .NET,
> intellisense, debugging, etc.
>
> Any recommendations? Prefer free or lengthy time trial if demo.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>

"Jeroen Vandezande" <NoSpam@NoSpam.be> wrote in message
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>
> "Michael Jackson" <michaeldjack***@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Not sure if this is the right NG to post this to.
>>
>> I have to learn Java for a new contract. I'm looking for an IDE for Java,
>> as close to the .NET IDE, hopefully linked to SQL Server like .NET,
>> intellisense, debugging, etc.
>>
>> Any recommendations? Prefer free or lengthy time trial if demo.
>
>
> a good free one but without form builder is Eclipse :
> http://www.eclipse.org/
> Or if you want a solution that I think is the closest to VS I would go for
> Borland JBuilder: www.Borland.com
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jeroen Vandezande
>
>

"Michael Jackson" wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Not sure if this is the right NG to post this to.
>
> I have to learn Java for a new contract. I'm looking for an IDE for Java, as
> close to the .NET IDE, hopefully linked to SQL Server like .NET,
> intellisense, debugging, etc.
>
> Any recommendations? Prefer free or lengthy time trial if demo.
>
> Thanks
> Michael
>
>
>

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> martin <mar***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Basically, both Eclipse and NetBeans are very good but they dont have GUI
>> form designers and they don't offer built in SQL Server connectivity.
>> Also,
>> both are free downloads.
>
> Actually, I *believe* that both of them now have GUI designers. I know
> Eclipse does (as an add-in, IIRC). I haven't used it myself though - I
> don't do much UI work, and I don't tend to like designers anyway.
>
>> Personally, I just switched from Eclipse to Visual Studio and after
>> working
>> in Visual Studio for about 2 weeks I must say that I miss Eclipse ALOT.
>> For
>> instance, in Eclipse when I want to rename a class I just press RENAME
>> and
>> all references are updated. In my Visual Studio (its the .NET 2003
>> version)
>> there is no such functionality (I hear VS2005 has something like this
>> though). But really, once you learn the basics of Eclipse I'm sure you
>> will
>> have many pleasant AHAs because there is alot of good stuff in Eclipse.
>
> Agreed. You may be interested in this blog post I wrote:
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon.skeet/archive/2005/12/22/79631.aspx
>
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