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What does IDE stand for?<br />

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IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment. It means you get an editor, a debugger, a visual GUI editor, online help, automaticaly placing the editors cursor on the line that produced a compiler error, etc.<br />
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An Editor, on the other hand, only allows you to edit the code.(Ed for Win also allows you to compile and auto placement of compiler errors).<br />

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IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment. It means you get an editor, a debugger, a visual GUI editor, online help, automaticaly placing the editors cursor on the line that produced a compiler error, etc.

An Editor, on the other hand, only allows you to edit the code.(Ed for Win also allows you to compile and auto placement of compiler errors).


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 I am thinking about learning Java and I need help on choosing which &quot;Editor&quot; to use. &nbsp;I have heard good things about about Symantec's Visual Cafe but I know that there are others out there. &nbsp;Should I choose Visual Cafe or is there a better &quot;Editor&quot; to use? &nbsp;
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 I am thinking about learning Java and I need help on choosing which "Editor" to use.  I have heard good things about about Symantec's Visual Cafe but I know that there are others out there.  Should I choose Visual Cafe or is there a better "Editor" to use?  

Best Java Editor

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.