#Jedit compiler java windows#

I now do all my coding with a Java-based open-source programmer's editor called Jedit. If all the many excellent GUI-based editors written in C and C++ were not appealing enough to draw me away from my console favorites, surely a Java-based editor would be out of the question, don't you think? Yet, precisely the opposite turned out to be the case. While there are many excellent open-source GUI editors from which to choose, I have yet to find one that offers the advantages of Joe, Zed or Fte without paying a price in features, keyboard configuration difficulty, increased start-up time or sluggish performance. Note, however, that I did not choose the above editors because of a religious dedication to using console programs over editors with graphical user interfaces (GUI). I've chosen the above editors in particular because they combine speed with flexibility, features and the ability to customize them to use my favorite keystrokes. The primary reason I use console-based editors for programming is that they're fast. Until now, I used console-based editors like Joe (Joe's Own Editor), Zed, and my most recent nomination for best console editor, Fte (Folding Text Editor). If you want to get a feel for how much I believe Java has improved, here's a point of reference that should remove all doubt, especially if, like me, you're a speed freak when it comes to programmer's editors. Now that I've been fair, I am still impressed with the current state of Java for client applications. More importantly, they fail to account for the impact of a complex user interface.

#Jedit compiler java windows#

Tests I've seen focus on Windows or other platforms, and are generally academic in nature. However, the applications I've tried still don't seem to live up to the benchmarks because they don't seem to perform as well as C++ counterparts. Java beats C++ under some conditions in some published benchmarks. I suspect we'll have to wait until the 2.6 kernel is ready before the JVM fully benefits from multi-threading. Various alternative threading options are evolving on Linux, but the most promising ones revolve around the 2.6 kernel (currently in its 2.5 development phase). For one thing, the instance-based threading model of the 2.4 Linux kernel hampers the Java virtual machine. To be fair, Java performance on Linux has yet to reach its potential. The mainstream press and I missed the transition. While this was once true, Java became a viable client platform. I confess buying into the propaganda that while Java is great for server-side applications, it is almost useless for client applications. The most startling is I now find myself enjoying client-side Java applications. In the meantime, my preparations produced several revelations about Java on Linux.

The comparison is already proving to be more ambitious than I had realized, and I hope to complete the first installment soon.

These passionate reactions inspired me to embark on a project to develop several Web applications using Java, Mono and possibly other alternatives to provide readers with a first-hand view. Just bringing up the topic of Mono also seems to generate a surprising degree of animosity toward Sun Microsystems Inc. Mono, which is Ximian Inc.'s open-source implementation of some of the Microsoft Corp.Net development framework, seems to be a hot button for both fans and critics of.