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alternative to notepad++ on OSX

wildy

im planning on java ik ....but im watching this series and the guy starts using notepad++ but im on mac

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Sublime Text 3 http://www.sublimetext.com/3

 

It is paid software but if you are using it for personal use the trial should be fine. All it does is give you a popup a few times and say unregistered.

 

Edit: TextWrangler is free on the app store but I haven't personally used it. Code runner is really cheap on the app store and is a nice program as well.

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For Java I would recommend Dr.Java for a beginner, Netbeans would be my favorite but others use Eclipse but I find it far too glitchy for my liking, I've had way too many projects get corrupt using it :/

 

Long story short, I recommend Netbeans  :P

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I am using TextWrangler for a lot of my stuff, but have been using Sublime for anything Java related, it seems to work better. 

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Sublime Text, IDEA, NetBeans (though not entirely sure this one's available for Mac).

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Sublime Text is great, but it is fairly expensive at $75.

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for a beginner any other 'real' java ide most likely is the better choice.

I beg to differ. Xcode is a fantastic IDE, and it will be even better in Yosemite.

 

 

OP, I'd recommend your trying emacs with java-mode first and foremost to see if you can get used to it. When you do, there's really no going back. Vim is a great editor too though I'm not entirely sure what the extensibility options are for it.

 

Of course being BSD and a good BSD at that it includes emacs and vim preinstalled.

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I beg to differ. Xcode is a fantastic IDE, and it will be even better in Yosemite.

 

Yes it is fantastic .... for C/C++/Objective-C/swift, for App development, but not for a coplete Java-Beginner to mess around with ...

 

 

OP, I'd recommend your trying emacs with java-mode first and foremost to see if you can get used to it. When you do, there's really no going back. Vim is a great editor too though I'm not entirely sure what the extensibility options are for it.

Of course being BSD and a good BSD at that it includes emacs and vim preinstalled.

 

Why does everybody think that only learning code "the hard way" is the only good way to go.

Most of the great features of vim/emacs won't be used by a beginner for months or even years anyway and if you don't use them, those editors are just overcomplicated and unnecessary.

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Why does everybody think that only learning code "the hard way" is the only good way to go.

Most of the great features of vim/emacs won't be used by a beginner for months or even years anyway and if you don't use them, those editors are just overcomplicated and unnecessary.

It's funny because I've learned all the languages I know so far from Zed Shaw's "Learn X the Hard Way" books.

 

I think emacs is a great place to start for a lot of people because everyone's search for an editor ends up their most times anyways. Why not start there and get used to it now instead of later?

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