Which is better for newbies?

Best thing to do is try them all. Its normally personal preference which decides how good an app is.... There is a lot out there. If you are a complete beginner, apps such as BlueJ allow you to call individual methods etc.... but if you want a full on IDE then eclipse or netbeans are quite common choices.

ita6cgra at 2007-7-12 19:14:14 >

Here's my code with 3 errors. Now bear in mind that my program has compiled completely and ran correctly up to this method. All I'm trying to do with this method is get the average of all grades in a multi-array. I researched and found some code that was similar to what I needed to do but it's not working out yet. All other methods in my program work perfectly but I can't get this one to compile.

public double getMean(int allGrades[][])

{

int total = 0;

for (int grade : allGrades)

total += grade;

System.out.println("Total is "+getMean(grades));

}

return total/allGrades.length;

} // end class GradeBook

Gradebook.java:100: illegal start of type

return total/allGrades.length;

^

Gradebook.java:100: <identifier> expected

return total/allGrades.length;

^

Gradebook.java:100: <identifier> expected

return total/allGrades.length;

^

3 errors

mrb62a at 2007-7-12 19:14:14 >

> "Your return call is outside your method."

>

> Ok I fixed that and now I have one error which is

>

> "incompatible type" at the "for" line

>

> found: int[]

> required: int

> for (int grade : allGrades)

>

> What does that actually mean? Does it mean an array

> is used when it should not be used?

You're using a two-dimensional array, and trying to pull a single int out of it.

Remember, your for-each construct is doing the equivalent of:

for (int i = 0; i < allGrades.length; i++)

{

int grade = allGrades[i]; // <-- This is an int[], not an int.

// ...

}

kevjavaa at 2007-7-12 19:14:14 >

> "Have you thrown away the IDE yet?"

>

> No way dude. I can't write using Wordpad. I need

> something to guide me along even if all my code is

> wrong.

Try [url=http://www.textpad.com/]Textpad[/url], it's pretty nice (although not free). Or, if you're like me, use [url=http://www.vim.org/]Vim[/url]. Both offer syntax highlighting without the fuss of an IDE.

kevjavaa at 2007-7-12 19:14:14 >