Java ide installation (Sun)

[John Dangler]

On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 13:28 +0200, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
> John Dangler wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 10:46 +0200, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
> [...]
> > Well, it seems to have liked it... it's installing files at the moment.
> > I'll let you know in a few minutes if it works or not...
> > Thanks for the help with this. I need to get it running as soon as
> > possible.  I'm trying to learn java so I can put together a client app
> > that connects to a mysql db...
> any reason you're using sun studio and not netbeans (or eclipse)?
I tried eclipse; it seemed very complicated, and I couldn't really find
any "idiot's guide" for it...
Oddly enough, I did install netbeans 5.5.  It seems to step right on Sun
Studio 8.1 .  The scenario was this:
Install Sun Studio 8.1
Launch the app - ok
Install netbeans 5.5
Launch the app - ok
Close netbeans, launch Sun Studio - it gets to a message about loading
modules (or some such, I don't remember exactly but it did say it was
doing something with modules - and hangs forever.
For the app I want to build, I've been told more than once that java is
the way to go, and netbeans has been recommended twice.
The only reason I even tried to fool with studio is because (as far as I
know at the moment), that is the tool that will be used in my OOA/D
class next term, and I wanted to try and get a jump on it.
According to what I've seen on netbeans, it's supposed to have a very
good UI interface, but I haven't seen it (I also haven't found the
idiot's guide to netbeans).

Knowing that netbeans has a UI builder, and other tools, I'd prefer to
use it, if I can figure it out.
> 
> Bye
> -- 
> Haim
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