Re: [orca-list] Most accessible IDE for java

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

And would you also recommend Eclipse for writing javascript?

Or something else?

I'm curious as I'm about to dip my little toe back into the programming
waters.

Janina

Krishnakant writes:
> On Saturday 17 December 2016 07:40 AM, Jason White via orca-list wrote:
> > Tom Masterson <kd7cyu gmail com> wrote:
> > > The subject line pretty much says it.  What is the most accessible IDE for
> > > writing java.
> >
> > A few years ago I would have said that Eclipse was the obvious choice here. It
> > is designed for writing Java. I haven't used it, but, until recently, reports
> > about its accessibility were encouraging. Unfortunately, the recent GTK3
> > version has reportedly suffered some regressions.
> >
> > Emacs has very sophisticated extensions for programmers, and may well be the
> > most accessible option at the moment for Linux users.
> I use Eclipse day in and day out for all my programming work.
> For a long time I have programmed in Java and Python, but now exclusively in
> Python with the pydev extention.
> So you can certainly use Eclipse with Java including the git support which
> is accessible too.
> If you wish I can send you a link to an uploaded version of accessible
> Eclipse version which I am using with Ubuntu 16.04 unity.
> I am aware that recent gtk3 based versions are having issues, but I haven't
> used it because I did not feel the need to upgrade from Juno.
> It does pretty much all that an advanced programmer expects from an IDE.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
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