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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!

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  • You used Visual Studio.NET for Java programming on Windows? That's...uncommon. Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 20:14
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    Google: "osx java ide", second and third hit are NetBeans.org and Eclipse.org Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 20:15
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    @Chuck, no, I used it to code Visual Basic, but the fact that it was a design environment was the point I was trying to get across. Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 20:23

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

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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.
answered Sep 6, 2011 at 20:31

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

answered Sep 6, 2011 at 20:41

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I occasionally use Xcode 3.1.4; can't say about later versions. I prefer NetBeans & Eclipse, which are much more powerful. The examples are in /Developer.
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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.

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