JBuilder is a professional Java integrated development environment (IDE) that enables you to edit Java code, compile it, and debug the programs.   It also provides graphical "drag-and-drop" facilities to quickly and easily build graphical user interfaces (GUI's) for programs.    Visual tools for inspecting the properties of an object and the events to which it responds are essential to its "rapid application development" (RAD) capabilities.  JBuilder will automatically generate Java code to build user interfaces and respond to events.  In addition, JBuilder provides project management features to handle large projects easily.

Use the links on the left for help on how to perform a variety of tasks in JBuilder.

Tips and Traps

1. Be sure that the source and output directories for the project are set to the directory you code is in.
2. JBuilder puts the application, the frames and other classes it creates in its own package.   Be sure you are saving the code in a subdirectory with the package name.
3. When creating a project, put the project file in a subdirectory with the same name as the project.   This will become the default package name.