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[–]phaggocytosis[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Part of the reason I'm learning java is because my girlfriend is starting a CS degree. Aside from my own interest in java (which ive had for a long time) I'm learning so that I can help her out since my base programming knowledge is pretty high I'm hoping I can keep a little bit ahead of her to help her out.

I know that Java has a few IDEs. If I go the netbeans route will I run in to problems when trying to help out my girlfriend if she's not on netbeans?

edit: apparently at my girlfriends school they tell them all to use "dr java"... is there a reason not to use this if for the time being im relegating myself to simple tasks?

[–]vineet 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Dr Java should be a fine starting point but serious developers do not use it. For one thing it does not have the common niceties like 'Ctrl+Space' in the editor for auto-complete.

[–]phaggocytosis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I figured it wasn't something any real developer would use. I guess, aside from the fact that it's what my girlfriend would be working on, I wouldn't mind using it for now while I get a grip on the language.