Sublime Text 3 Setup For Programming in Java

Generally, IDEs available for Java are too powerful. And unless you’re developing Java applications you won’t be using most of the features. So for basic programming, a much better alternative would be a text editor. And a text editor I like the most is Sublime Text. It’s fast and lightweight.

So here’s a tutorial on how to setup Sublime Text 3 for Java programming.

First of all make sure you’ve Java 8 or above installed in your system. Follow the official documentation of Java for more information.

Follow the following steps:

• Download and install Sublime Text 3.
• Go to Tools>Build System>New Build System.
  A new blank file will open up with the default title untitled.sublime-build.
• Copy-paste the below code to that file:

• Save the file with any name in the default location. For convenience, save as JavaRun (javaRun.sublime-build).
• Restart Sublime Text.
• Got to Tools>Build System and select JavaRun as the build system.
• And it’s done!

Now let’s see how it’ll work.

• Press CTRL+N to create a new file.
• Save it as classname.java. Let’s say, “demo.java”.
• Type the below code:

• To run, simply press CTRL+B.
• If there is no compilation error, a windows command prompt will open up with the output.

• If any error is there, it will be shown in the editor’s console.

That’s it!

Happy Coding,
Toshik