Features of JBuilder

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Features of JBuilder

• Integrated Development Environment
• IDE

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IDEs

• Most IDEs operate in a similar manner
• Kawa, Eclipse, CBuilder, Visual C
• Knowledge gained may be reused in other systems
• Built in support for event handling
• Rapid code development
• Possibly faster than line editor compiler

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Features

• IDE
• 1 - Editor
• 2 - JDK compiler
• 3 - Packages
• 4 - Libraries
• 5 - Java automatic code
• 6 - Desktop persistence
• 7 - Objects inheritance trees

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JBuilder Editor

• Editor colour coded text
• Context sensitive help
• Control F1
• Function dot parameters
• Syntax errors in red
• Navigate via files inheritance tree
• Paste code between windows

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Features cont

• Packages -file handled in groups
• Breakpoint
• Trace mode step in or over function
• Single step debugging
• Monitor variables
• Enable debugging features
• Projects and persistence

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JB screenshot
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JB windows

• Source tab
• Editor
• File names
• Variables and functions
• Editor window tabs select files
• Kill process button LH corner

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Menus

• File new
• project, application, applet or class
• Project
• compile, add remove files to project
• Run
• Rebuild project
• Avoid duplicate classes

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JB Designer
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Designer options

• Properties and events tabs
• AWT or Swing
• Add Swing containers
• Add Swing components
• Events
• Action performed
• Automatic code generation

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Typical Java application
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Designer or builder

• Build interface
• User adds original code
• Interfaces and user code may be reused
• Goal - separate interface and user code
• Rapid prototype
• Obfuscation