Java support within KDevelop

[Jon Webber]

Ralf Nolden wrote:

> Jon Webber wrote:
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> we had some discussion about Java support over the last year and we
> concluded that there are already some Java IDE's available, so we set
> this on the delay list. If it will be in it sometime, not in the KDE 1.x
> versions. KDE2 might give some more possiblities because of the Java
> widgets to display AWT's, so a dialog editor could be build. But don't
> complain if it will take some time or never come.
>
> Ralf

Hi Ralf,

Thanks for your response.  Yes, it does seem sensible to put it on hold, as
there are quite a few IDE's available.  However, I still haven't found a
truely usable one, as they're just too slow.
I'm a server developer, and require a simple tool for editing, compiling
and debugging Java applications.  I'm not so interested in Java GUI
development.
It seems to me that most of the tools are already in KDevelop.  The editor,
classviewer etc.  It would mean writing a few dialogs to handle JVM
configuration and support for Java debugging, but I think this would be
worthwhile in the short term.  GUI support could come in the future.  It
would make Unix/Linux more appealing as an application server development
and deployment platform.  I'm quite willing to get involved in writing some
code, maybe a basic proof of concept, which could be implemented into
KDevelop at a later stage if all agreed.  What do you think?  Is there
anybody else out there, who would be interested in getting involved?  If
you have had a few ideas about how Java should be integrated into KDevelop
that would be useful?

Jon