Just wanting to know everyones opinions :), im looking for one that can create a jar file easily but thats just a minor detail, sooo I figured id ask you guys and get some direction from there. GIMPS

JDT (part of a package that comes with Eclipse). To create a jar (top of my head): File->Export->Jar File->Next. There are of course many reasons to use a particular compiler (jikes, javac, etc.).

Hey guies, Have you ever used IBM WebSphere Studio? Use it once and you won't think 'bout anything else. Santanu Sen National Institute of Technology Durgapur India

I thought Sun Netbeans was pretty sweet.

The SDK and JRE from Sun are best. The majority of "production" Java environments you would ever see will use this. I would recommend start with a text editor for program creation, and run compiles from the command line. You need to know what this teaches before you fool around with an IDE. About 70% of the production I support is devloped with a text editor, with subsequent use of 'ant' for builds and deploys. The other 30% may involve some work in an IDE. I am finally getting to like Eclipse, took me a while. The later version of NetBeans are better then previously. Command line first 'tho, highly recommended. Guy

Yea so far Ive been using the cmd line with notepad to write my stuff. At school we were using Jcreator and before that I never really thought about an IDE for java. I really kinda prefer the whole notepad cmd thing but it seemed really complicated to make my program into a .jar file so I was gonna maybe check out some IDE's :). Ty for the input guys. GIMPS