New to java.
I just got a new job as a java programmer in a small tech school. The school has a web page written in jsp and jakarta strut with various functions.
My job basically is to pick up where the last guy that was working there left off. All they have is a server machine with all the files.
I need to know:
1.What IDE should i be using? I try to use NETBEAN, and I can't even find a simple complie button to test if I have syntax error on one of the strut action file.
2. Any suggestion on how to approach this huge web development project. I only have experience in .net web development.
I apologize in advance for any spelling or grammer mistakes. English is my 3rd language.
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max100001a] at [2007-10-1 19:38:04]
Hi,
I haven' used netbeans much to tell you exactly how to go about using it. Even if I did, Iam not sure if I could do a better job than the tutorial that comes along with netbeans ide. I would suggest you run the wizard to create a sample web application first and check it out. Usually, you can start the wizard by selecting 'New' from the 'File' menu and choosing the type of project from the dialog that pops up. Iam not sure if struts would be built in to this wizard but it should not be too difficult to modify it to execute struts.
As for recommendations of an IDE, I have used eclipse which when integrated with tomcat gave me good results. JBuilder, Oracle JDeveloper, intelliJIDE are all good IDEs but if you can't understand netbeans, it would not be much different with the other IDEs as well.
Cheers,
vidyut
well said. Netbeans isn't the best IDE out there but it's not bad (anymore).
Don't focus on the tool, focus on the result.
For maintaining a Struts application you'd best look at an IDE which has Struts support built in.
Such IDEs offer all kinds of special tools to make Struts development a lot easier (especially the myriad config files and support classes you'd otherwise have to write and maintain by hand).
