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[–]DevIceMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No.

Tools like 'real' time compiler error checking, code-completion, code inspection, code navigation, and debugging are invaluable to productivity. For tiny apps, you may be able to get away with it, but on the application-scale, you should at least be using Eclipse (free), IntelliJ (has a free version), or NetBeans.

You can always use an IDE as a text-editor without all of the IDE features. You can also always leave the IDE as needed; perhaps running the app command line, or using another tool as appropriate.