About the integrated environment for Java development
1.1 What is an integrated development environment [abbreviation: IDE]
- The integrated development environment emphasizes one-stop development, just use this tool. There is a prompt function and an automatic error correction function.
- An integrated development environment can make software development easier. More efficient
- No IDE tools:
need to install JDK, need to configure environment variables, need to manually compile java source files to generate class bytecode files.
There is no prompt after java source program error.
There is no automatic reminder function, etc. - There are IDE tools:
no need to install JDK separately [integrated in IDE].
No need to manually configure environment variables.
No need to use javac command to compile java source files.
And the grammatical error of java source program is immediately prompted.
There are a lot of codes that do not need to be written when using IDE tools and are automatically generated.
1.2 What are the mainstream IDEs for java?
- eclipse (myeclipse) [up to]
- Intellij IDEA [The biggest upward trend]
- Netbeans
- JBuilder
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1.3 Common knowledge of IDE
workspace: Workspace
There is a folder in the workspace workspace: .metadata : Store IDE working status.
Enterprise-level development: a dedicated layout for JavaEE development-Java Enterprise.
Ordinary java development: The special layout of JavaSE-the
basic units in the Java workspace are: Project (project/project)
key window introduction:
- Package Explore / Navigator / Project Explore: Java source files can be seen
- Console: Console window