Java programming on a Mac?

Question

This may be a really stupid question, but I cannot find anything anywhere as all of my searches provide the wrong results.

I am looking for a Java development program on the Mac, think of Visual Studio.NET for Windows. Is there anything that I can get, and where?

I have looked on the Java website but I don't know which download I will need. If anyone can help, that'd be much appreciated!

Answer 1

There are some good integrated development environments (IDE) for java, which also work on Mac OSx. Which is the best, depends a little bit on you.

Here a short list:

• Eclipse - I think one of the most popular development environments for java and some other languages.
• IntelliJ IDEA - not free for commercial development, but I really like it
• Netbeans IDE - the most "official" one.. In 2005 all SUN IDE products were integrated into netbeans. In netbeans is a good graphical build tool (Matisse) for Swing user interfaces included, which is nice for some prototyping or fast development and maybe more.
• Eclim - If you adore vim, this could be interesting for you. It's a mixture of eclipse and vim.

Answer 2

Eclipse is the best option for Java development in a Mac, I'm using that for 3 years for develop J2EE, Java Swing and Android applications.

Answer 3

Xcode Developer Tools may already be installed on your system in /Developer.

Answer 4

Eclipse for mac

Answer 5

Both http://netbeans.org/ and http://www.eclipse.org/ work on a Mac

Answer 6

Eclipse or NetBeans is what you are going to want. They will have the most similar feel to VS.