Thread: New IDE!

Hello forum! It's been a while since I've posted, but I have something you may like. I've been working for ~2 weeks on my own IDE. My goal is to make a fast/lightweight yet powerful IDE in pure Java, hence the programs name Molniya. (Lightning in Russian)

Current features that are implemented or going to be implemented.

• Syntax highlighting
• Save, compile, and run at the click of a button
• CVN, SVN, etc.
• Multiple file support: Java, HTML, XML
• Plug-in api in order to add more files types
• Ctrl-F to search through source
• Customizable typing-macros. EX: Press shift+alt+s to instantly type System.out.println();
• Java doc support
• Search Google from the IDE
• Customizable themes
• Music player; For long, boring(?), projects
• Export to jar, even multiple versions including their natives.

That's all of the features I want in an IDE. Are there any that you guys are looking for?

One of the powers of an IDE like Eclipse is that is Open Source - a positive feedback loop thus ensues as programmers improve it to improve there programming. So feature 1: open source. Some of the features I use quite a bit in Eclipse: re-factoring (rename variable/class names and have that change cascade through the project), find and replace (with regular expressions), quick fix (usually out of laziness for importing a class/library).

I really like eclipse's autocomplete, I work with alot of odd syntax and odd libraries so it is really nice to not have to worry about getting the spelling and capitalisation right. Also make it easy to define macros and short cuts.

I need to use special tags like so making something that will allow you to define stuff like that would be great!
/*~

code

~*/

Thanks for all of the replies.

@Aussie I agree with the libraries. The steps required in Eclipse and NB are ridiculous. I want to go along with Google Chrome; simple UI, yet very powerful.

Lastly, it doesn't hurt to include a view that allows users to see the connections and dependencies of classes/files graphically. A simple Data Flow Model that shows that this class uses these classes and these files directly. It would go miles for letting developers joining a project mid-way understand the file structure of the project.

Can you specify more? I want to make sure I'm not misunderstanding you.

@Copeg I planned on making it Open source. I just forgot to specify that. Re-factoring, good idea!

@StarKannon will do.

Thanks alot for all of the input!

At the moment I have alot of the "hidden" code finished for a basic IDE. Right now I'm debating internally about the GUI. For the syntax highlighting should I use a styleddocument in a JTextPane, or create my own with a JPanel and Key/Mouse listeners? Honestly, multi-colored text in a Swing component (besides JPanel) is a pain in the a**.