1.2 Java Development Tools

The JDK is not an integrated development environment, it compiles and runs the program in a command line manner. So in addition to using JDK, we also need program editing software. The following two ways can be used:

(1) Text editor. such as edit, UltraEdit (is a particularly powerful text editor), Notepad and so on as the Java editing software.

After the program is written and saved in the editor, the Java program is compiled and run using the command line method.

(2) editing software with the ability to develop and debug Java programs in conjunction with the JDK. such as Eclipse, MyEclipse (MyEclipse is the Eclipse plug-in, is also a powerful Java EE integrated development Environment), JCreator.

MyEclipse provides a graphical editing environment in which programs can be written directly, and program-compiled error prompts or run results are displayed at the bottom of the environment (see Figure 1-3). So programmers can debug or view the results directly in MyEclipse.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Figure 1-3 MyEclipse Interface

1.2 Java Development Tools