can DW 8 compile java code

[choad34]

True beginner and studying JAVA.

I've done a google search and got back some vintage 2002 information that DW is not a JAVA IDE. So I can not use it to develop java classes with it. Is that still true in 2008?

I have DW8 available to me at work and I'm used to it making simple web pages. Otherwise I'll learn and use netbeans 6 or myeclipse. Not my idea of a good time.

Thanks

[Newsgroup_User]

choad34 wrote:
> I've done a google search and got back some vintage 2002 information that DW
> is not a JAVA IDE. So I can not use it to develop java classes with it. Is that
> still true in 2008?

Correct. Dreamweaver is not a Java IDE. There's nothing to stop you
writing Java classes in Dreamweaver, but there are no code hints, and it
cannot compile Java.

The only Java-related support in Dreamweaver is for JavaServer Pages
(JSP), and that is being removed from the next version:

http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402489

Since you're studying Java, you already know the difference, but just
for the benefit of anyone else reading this, Java is not the same as
JavaScript. Dreamweaver makes extensive use of JavaScript.

--
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

[choad34 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for the prompt reply. Also thanks for the heads up on JSP.