{"id":263,"date":"2021-08-03T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2022-09-03T17:07:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:07:44","slug":"bluej","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/bluej\/","title":{"rendered":"BlueJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluej.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">BlueJ<\/span><\/a> is a free Java Development Environment designed for beginners to develop Java programs quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluej.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/07\/screenshot-2021-07-16-at-12.52.20-pm.png?w=394\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-695\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Its main features are that it is:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Simple: BlueJ has a deliberately smaller and simpler interface than professional environments like NetBeans or Eclipse. 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