NetBeans BlueJ Edition

NetBeans BlueJ EDition is an integrated development environment (IDE) meant to transition students from the introductory IDE BlueJ to the more professional IDE NetBeans. The first release of the IDE is now available for download.

NetBeans BlueJ Edition versus BlueJ

	BlueJ	NetBeans BlueJ Edition
Object Bench	Integral to BlueJ	None
Interactivity with adhoc classes	Inherent in object bench	None
Compiling programs	Uses selected version of Javac.exe	Uses selected version of Javac.exe, but with parameter to use Java 1.4 if using a BlueJ project (this is fixed by editing the project's .properties file)
`main method` or `Main class`	Has no effect on program (other than creating JAR files)	Required to run a program
BlueJ view	Main window. Allows movement of classes, etc. Shows most class relationships.	An optional view, only uses images for a simplified list. No movement, no relationships displayed.
Debugging	Has debugging console. Is buggy and cumbersome for large projects.	Has all traditional debugging views.

See also

BlueJ
NetBeans

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