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Programming and Scripting => Projects and Discussion => : x86_64 September 01, 2012, 09:52:18 PM

: Collie IDE
: x86_64 September 01, 2012, 09:52:18 PM

I am about to start coding my own IDE (as a learning experience) using Java. The IDE will only support Java (at least to begin with). I am not sure about the features I should include, please post below with any features you would like to see/use regularly in an IDE?

This is a list of the features I hope to implement so far:

• Auto-complete.
• Auto-generate main class on project creation.
• Code folding.
• Code generation (getter/setter).
• Compile returning errors.
• Find and replace keywords (and refactor class names etc)
• Highlight matching bracket.
• Project panel.
• Run able to kill it if needed.
• Syntax highlighting.

Thank you for reading, and thank you even more for all replies.

Future possible features:

• Debugger.

Documents:

• ProjectInitiation (http://upload.evilzone.org/download.php?id=8592175&type=zip)
  
  

: Re: Collie IDE
: flowjob September 01, 2012, 09:56:57 PM

• Searching and replacing keywords
• Debugger

: Re: Collie IDE
: x86_64 September 01, 2012, 10:01:16 PM

What is it specifically you mean by debugger?
(Please elaborate, sorry)

: Re: Collie IDE
: flowjob September 01, 2012, 10:03:22 PM

a small debugger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debugger) like almost all ide's have...

: Re: Collie IDE
: namespace7 September 01, 2012, 10:22:17 PM

Even though debugger is a very important part, it might be harder to code then the IDE itself.
Unless you already have considerable programming experience, I would suggest to consider leaving it out at first.

Just my personal opinion.

: Re: Collie IDE
: flowjob September 01, 2012, 10:28:50 PM

depends on lang and tutorial, e.g. makeing one for windows in python with 'Python for Gray Hat Hackers' is quite easy...

: Re: Collie IDE
: Kulverstukas September 01, 2012, 10:32:50 PM

Try to make it like this: http://ims.mii.lt/fps/en/about/index.html
With features you mentioned above.
This IDE I gave is a little Pascal IDE schools use in my country. It sucks and lacks so much stuff... it's only good for one liners really (telling this from an experienced coder perspective), but with features you listed it would be great as a lighweight Java IDE :) (AFAIK there are no lightweight Java IDE's).

May I ask -- why Java IDE? why not a compiled language, like Delphi or scripting like Python? well I suppose python wouldn't count as it can be done in notepad easily :P

: Re: Collie IDE
: flowjob September 01, 2012, 10:40:00 PM

: Kulverstukas  September 01, 2012, 10:32:50 PM

well I suppose python wouldn't count as it can be done in notepad easily :P

You can code most langs in notepad 'easily',cuz where's the difference?

But I would really like to see a lightweight Java IDE,cuz I just started with Java,and I HATE the Java IDE's like Eclipse,etc... . That's why I use Notepad++ and a batch script to write,compile and execute the Java stuff...

: Re: Collie IDE
: x86_64 September 01, 2012, 10:51:16 PM

Java was chosen as I have used it before quite a bit and it is cross-platform. I haven't got much experience using C or C++. This will be my first full-scale desktop application so I will do it in Java. I think I will stick with Java for now, if the job I get wants me to work in another language I will learn that obviously. For now I will stick to what I have previously used until I get some experience.
Do you think I should make a debugger Kulverstukas, or should it be left for future possible improvements?

@area_13, have you tried "dr java"?

: Re: Collie IDE
: Kulverstukas September 01, 2012, 11:31:10 PM

That's up to you if you want to make a debugger. For me it would be kinda too big, then again Java toolkit provides everything, so you could probably hook into the existing debugger for Java toolkit :P