Are IDEs required?
Hey everyone,
I've been using Eclipse lately for all my Java projects... (very simple ones, i'm new to Java, not to programming) But I'm wondering why when you start learning Java people reccomend an IDE? I've always found I work best when starting a new language to work through a text editor and a console window. I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.2 which I think comes with Java SDK installed, so if this is possible could someone take me through the steps to create/compile/run a java program from scratch?
Thank you in advance,
Ray
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