Current Project:

JavaJive

The Java IDE with pizzaz!

One thing that all commercial IDEs lack is a sense of fun and friendliness. This is most obvious in Borland C++ 4.5. DOS-level looking text and a drab layout gave it a harsh, cold personality. Microsoft's ReBars, new style menus, and well-drawn icons give Visual C++ 6.0 an advantage over Borland in this respect.

Commercial Java IDEs have the same problem. Borland JBuilder and Symantec Visual Cafe are unfriendly. They are far too business-like.

However, share/freeware IDEs don't share this problem. ED for Windows, our favorite MLIDE (Multi-Language Integrated Development Environment), is personal enough to ask silly questions upon startup ("If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?") - certainly refreshing. ED is a powerful IDE as well. 37 languages come out of the box - including many I have never heard of.

Unfortunately, ED cannot excel as a Java IDE because of its MLIDE structure. We decided to incorporate the friendliness and potence of ED into a Java-only IDE.

Welcome to JavaJive.

Screenshots

This is the main editing window.

One of JavaJive's key features is GhostWriter, which automatically writes declarations and fuction blocks for you.

What We Need

Anyone with the C++ code for syntax highlighting and autoindent, send it to DieselPower. We will acknowledge your help in the About Box.