BlueJ tops the list of simple Java IDEs. It's explicitly designed for beginner Java developers. BlueJ offers a GUI to help keep track of classes within an application, and provides basic build and ...

A single application in which you can edit, build, run, debug, and deploy your soon-to-be-written Java application. Enter BlueJ and Greenfoot, two IDEs very specifically designed for beginners.

BlueJ IDE was originally created in 1999 by John Rosenberg and Michael Kolling for educational purposes but has since caught on with Java developers around the globe. Beginners find that BlueJ is ...