2.9. Development Tools
When writing software for the Java platform, developers will need to rely on a variety of tools. The choice of exactly which tools to use is largely personal. The user interface of a tool that one developer likes might be frustrating to another developer. For some projects, a particular feature will be called for, necessitating the use of a particular tool or development suite. Rather than advocating a particular development tool for network programming, we leave it to the reader to evaluate which tools best suit him or her. Below is a brief overview of some of the tools available for editing, compiling, and debugging Java software.
2.9.1. Integrated Development Environments
An integrated development environment (IDE) is ...
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