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Don't feel bad, it can be tough to not be tempted by what seems like a shortcut. But everybody has to start from scratch when they're learning new stuff. For example, I'm using jEdit to write prolog...

I absolutely, 100% agree with Tjstretch. Eclipse is for people who are already comfortable with writing Java code and consulting the API and tutorials, who know exactly what it's doing behind the...

Hmm okay, I don't think so, but maybe you're right.

But even if you are right, those aren't compilers, they're IDEs. You'll still need to download the compiler (javac), which comes with the JDK.
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Smells like homework.

This kind of thing comes from practice. There really isn't a way around it, and even if there was, you'd just be cheating yourself out of an important learning process. Take...