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Java Forum / General / December 2006netbeans how to add main function when adding a java class
Is there any option to add main method when creating a new class? I know how to do this with Eclipse, but want to find out this in Netbeans dd > Is there any option to add main method when creating a new class? > I know how to do this with Eclipse, but want to find out this in Netbeans > > dd If you open the source code an add a method like this... public static void main(String[] args) { } ...then you can add a main method to any class, using any editor capable of editing text. So no optoin to add main function to class with check box? Maybe stick with Eclipse is the right solution. You can add New File/Folder and choose Java Classes | Java Main Class. It's not default in the list, but once you have done it once, it will appear there later. Enough reason for you to convert to Netbeans? Thanks. > Enough reason for you to convert to Netbeans? humm.... i should say not yet. For a lot of jobs here in Canada, you need to be familiar with Eclipse. I haven't figured out the reason yet but I happen to be more familiar with Eclipse. ^^;) > For a lot of jobs here in Canada, > you need to be familiar with Eclipse. I haven't figured out the reason > yet but I happen to be more familiar with Eclipse. ^^;) Why the heck do so many managers seem bent on mandating IDEs? I have worked in many places where Eclipse was the "standard" IDE for Java, but I cheerfully went ahead and used Netbeans (and emacs) to do my source development. Only when people have absolutely insisted that I must use Eclipse (I still don't know how they justified that) did I do so, and then only because I like getting a paycheck. It's not that I dislike Eclipse very much, only that I prefer Netbeans. I have also used JBuilder and WSAD (IBM's WebSphere Application Developer) when someone else paid for the licenses. The choice of IDE is, or should be, completely immaterial to the finished product. The ultimate deployment environment is command-line, with Ant. Any editor from vi on is fine if you can be productive with it. Furthermore, if all developers on a project use only one IDE, there is significant risk of dependencies on that IDE creeping into the build. I feel that Eclipse is especially vulnerable here; it does rather clever things with classpaths that let a program run within the IDE, only to fail when you leave Eclipse's hearth. Testing should always occur on a command-line build (preferably with Ant) before release. That said, the earlier post about using an editor to insert a main() is not such a joke. We should get to pick our own editors; forcing standardization on a single IDE in a project is an error. - Lew > Why the heck do so many managers seem bent on mandating IDEs? I can think of a couple of reasons. One (bad, but plausible) is that the project had /already/ become dependent on the IDE. Another (much better) is that knowledger dissemination within a team works much better if everyone needs (roughly) the same knowledge. One particularly extreme instance of the latter point is that some programmers, if they don't know how to do something, will simply not do it. If you have someone(s) like that on your team then it's vital that there be other people on the team who can show them "its easy, see, just do <whatever>". (Such people aren't necessarily bad programmers otherwise, but they can be damaging if left uncontrolled.) I'm not suggesting there aren't downsides too -- one that would concern me about Eclipse specifically is that it uses its own compiler instead of javac. -- chris > Furthermore, if all developers on a project use only one IDE, there is > significant risk of dependencies on that IDE creeping into the build. > I feel that Eclipse is especially vulnerable here; it does rather > clever things with classpaths that let a program run within the IDE, > only to fail when you leave Eclipse's hearth. Testing should always > occur on a command-line build (preferably with Ant) before release. It's not obvious to me that being dependent on Eclipse is really a problem, as long as you're still able to deploy the project into its production environment. It's not like Eclipse is going to go away. (I do all my programming in Emacs. I've had to learn quite a lot about Ant just so I could play with the Eclipse people.)  SignatureMark Jeffcoat Austin, TX >Why the heck do so many managers seem bent on mandating IDEs? > >The choice of IDE is, or should be, completely immaterial to the finished >product. The ultimate deployment environment is command-line, with Ant. I don't agree that it "should" be. It is, for example, possible to write a GUI in Java. It is also possible to write the GUI in the "high level language" provide by any of several IDEs. I prefer to use the latter despite the fact that it is not portable between IDEs. >We should get to pick our own editors; forcing standardization on a single IDE >in a project is an error. There is a raft of tools that come with an IDE. Many provide developer collaboration including bug tracking, source code control and project management. I don't think it is an "error" to enforce standards by mandating an IDE. sss wrote on 25.11.2006 02:11: > So no optoin to add main function to class with check box? > Maybe stick with Eclipse is the right solution. Just because you need a wizard to create a main class? Btw: I created an abbreviation for that: I simply type psm[blank] and voila I have main method... Thomas agreed Nasser Alhawash > sss wrote on 25.11.2006 02:11: > > So no optoin to add main function to class with check box? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thomas >> So no optoin to add main function to class with check box? >> Maybe stick with Eclipse is the right solution. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Btw: I created an abbreviation for that: I simply type psm[blank] and voila I > have main method... Why? ;) The default abbreviation is "psvm<space>" ;-) SignatureGroetjes, Peter .\\ PGP/GPG key: http://www.catslair.org/pubkey.asc > So no optoin to add main function to class with check box? > Maybe stick with Eclipse is the right solution. When you're doing a New to add a new class, the menu offers (among other things) "Java Main Class." Care to give it a try? SignatureEric Sosman esosman@acm-dot-org.invalid Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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