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I am new to the OS X as well. I think I will use Eclipse over IntelliJ given that SWT is part of the Eclipse Development Platform. I really like the SQL plugin for the IntelliJ IDEA. Btw does Eclipse support HTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP development? The Eclipse website states that all I need is JRE to run Eclipse. However, the java compiler is not part of JRE.
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Is the compiler part of the Eclipse 3.1.2 package? Is the SWT package part of the Eclipse package as well? Am I suppose to download each package individually.
As far as I know, Mac OS X comes with JDK 1.3. How does this affect my Eclipse installation? Btw How can I upgrade the JDK to the latest?
Ideally, I want to have the latest Java compiler and JRE installed on my Macbook, usinf Eclipse. The SWT package is so much better than the Java Swing and AWT. I wanna use to SWT package, which is not available for IntelliJ IDEA.
Click to expand.I can't remember exactly what comes with eclipse since I've always had a JDK installed before installing Eclipse. And I'm on the server development side so haven't actually had to create any GUIs, but I've played around with the Visual Editor plugin and it allows you to use SWT elements as well as Swing. As for updates and plugin installation, normally this is done via Help/Software Updates. You specify where to look for updates and new code and it downloads and installs them. Any plugin developer worth his salt will tell you exactly what to do for installation. I have to add my vote to Eclipse.
I have tried to use XCode for Java before, but I always end up going right back to Eclipse. True that XCode of course is more 'Mac-like' since it's Apple's own, but Eclipse was developed specifically for Java and it can be very frustrating to be without its features once you get used to them. One of the best things I'm attached to in Eclipse is Refactoring. It makes it so easy to change things, and is no match for basic find and replace. I have used XCode for Objective-C and it works well, especially since so much integration is used if you're building a graphical app in interface builder. Otherwise, I'll stick with Eclipse for Java. I have some info on my website (in my sig) under 'Java info' that details how I installed and configured Java 5 with my Mac.
It may be useful if anyone is having trouble.
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