Suggestion for java/c++ editor with compile, run and debug capabilities.

[Evgeniy Ginzburg]

Forgot the JetBrains mentioned here

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 4:55 PM Evgeniy Ginzburg <nad.oby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Josh.
> I'll try to answer the question that you not really asked.
>
> The problem with lightweight editors (best ones are variants of Vim or
> Emacs) that making them work "good" for Java coding is a very non-trivial
> task.
> Especially if you want any debugging, code navigation and/or snippets.
> (Also if anybody can point me to a good configuration example for
> Java/Scala in Vim or Emacs I'll be eternally grateful.)
>
> C/C++ is easier in this case.
> Still, making ctags(or equivalent) and GDB to work under Vim or Emacs is
> not the 5 minutes task.
> And one will need to integrate some kind of build system make, cmake,
> etc...
> Whoever is going to do this will need to know exactly what he wants, and
> this is not expected from the first year student.
>
> And also I assume that you'd prefer a solution that "Just works (TM)".
>
> Then your choices are limited to full-fledged IDEs, and those are not in
> any way lightweight.
> From my point of view, Netbeans is just a little bit lighter than Eclipse
> on resources, but this is just a matter of personal taste.
>
> Best regards Evgeniy.
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 10:53 AM Josh Roden <joshroden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> Happy Purim!
>> We're looking for a Linux editor for first year CS students
>> that is light on resources.
>> Thanks,
>> Josh
>>
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>
>
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