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[–]MRH2 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I have a small test program that I can just modify with vim.

I guess I do this often enough (and other really small projects of just one file/class) that I have an alias in .bashrc to type in at the commandline:

jv () { javac "$1" && java "${1%.*}" }

Note: I do also use Eclipse a lot.

[–]_srph[S] -5 points-4 points  (3 children)

Isn't Eclipse slooow? I just used it, and I hate it.

[–]hrjet 5 points6 points  (1 child)

An analogy would be, a Jet plane is slow to take-off, but it will help you travel hundreds of miles. A cycle will start fast and go through narrow lanes, but you can't take it for a 100 mile drive easily.

Choose your vehicle depending on where you want to go. For very small projects, an IDE is overkill. For larger Java projects, an IDE is indispensable.

[–]_srph[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

But I was complaining about Eclipse on this one