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We've got a program at school for coding in Java, and the school has given me a guide to download the program. Unfortunatly, the guido is outdated, and the program isn't avaidable anymore. I would like to know, what program is good for coding in Java, for like beginners (like with the if else stuff)
I need it fast, because I've got to study a lot for the test that's coming up.
 

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NetBeans and Eclipse are both complicated environments and would intimidate newbies. For those just starting out in coding, I recommend the very simple but effective DrJava.

"DrJava is a lightweight development environment for writing Java programs. It is designed primarily for students, providing an intuitive interface and the ability to interactively evaluate Java code."

http://drjava.sourceforge.net/
 

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Yeah Eclipse is pretty difficult to get used to, if you want to start with something easy use BlueJ, it's nice and color coded so it's easy to keep track of stuff.
 

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Eclipse and NetBeans are full-fledged development environments and are definitely not the way to start, believe me, there is just too much you can do with them and that's not useful when you're just starting out.

My recommendation would be BlueJ, it was the program they used at the university I was on when I started with Java and it worked perfectly. We started using NetBeans about two courses later when we understood the basic principles of programming in Java.

You can download BlueJ @ http://www.bluej.org/

EDIT: Oops didn't see your post until now xakota, sorry for that.
 

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