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I’m a CS student, so obviously IDEs are a bit of an overkill for me. I mainly code with Vim (well technically MacVim) and compile and run using the terminal. In the past I usually debug by using print statements. However I feel that it’s time I move on to more appropriate tools for my need. I have heard of and tried jdb but I would prefer a GUI one. Any recommendations guys?
Unless you’re already extremely experienced with using another tool and love it to death, if you’re doing Java, you should just use an IDE. You can go against the grain if you want, but I don’t see the advantages for you. Eclipse and Netbeans are both free and excellent tools. It takes 2 minutes to create a new project thats ready to build/run with a single click. Syntax highlighting, refactoring, debugger, code completion are all things you will learn to love even if its a small program. If its complicated enough to need a debugger, its complicated enough to use an IDE.