Re: Which JVM to use under Windows?
Almond wrote:
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And this is about the stickiest point in all this.
"Home users" are using Windows.
I don't see why. Java is X-plat.
The Visual Studio ...
Why on earth would you be coding Java using an obsolete
IDE? (Or an IDE that only 'supports' obsolete Java?)
As an aside, most Java IDE's will support any Java that
you specify as the JDK.
...development environment does not
support even swing.
(shrugs) Yeah? Notepad does.
Again, about the only thing i know of that produces
standard .exe file ..
Why aren't you coding in .NET then, if all you want is
Windows support? I am guessing the GUI could be coded
faster in .NET (with 'D-n-D' GUI design abilities) than
coded in Java (which typically does not open itself as
well to the D-n-D design).
..tha can be double clicked on to run,
is Visual Studio.
Web start supports desktop icons and menu items.
Just as easy for the end user to launch, and
supported X-plat.
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Andrew Thompson
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