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IDEs
Advantages over bare-bones JDK
No makefiles and dependencies to maintain
More powerful and visually intuitive debugging
Jump in/out/forward/backward in code
Set/unset breakpoints
Advanced Debugging support for Server/Client like RMI
Creature Comforts
Syntax Coloring
Autocompletion
Easy access to help
Comercial Products
Symantec Visual Cafe
Microsoft J++
IBM VisualAge
Sun JavaStudio and JavaWorkshop
Free Products
Borland JBuilder
Kawa Java IDE
Emacs JDE