Java Projects - Second Edition

Using an IDE

Integrated development environments are outstanding tools that help the development by offloading the mechanical tasks from the developer's shoulders. They recognize many of the programming errors as we type the code, help us find the needed library methods, display the documentation of the libraries, and provide extra tools for style checking, debugging, and such.

In this section, we will look at some IDEs and how to leverage the functions they provide.

To get an IDE, you will have to download and install it. It does not come with the Java development tools, because they are not part of the language environment. However, don't worry, they can be downloaded free of charge and are easy to install. They may be more complex to start ...