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QuickJava vs The Silver Searcher

A side-by-side look at QuickJava and The Silver Searcher. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

QuickJava

QuickJava

Development

QuickJava is a lightweight Java IDE designed for quickly writing, compiling and running Java code. It has a simple, uncluttered interface with support for syntax highlighting, auto-complete, and debugging tools.

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The Silver Searcher

The Silver Searcher

Development

The Silver Searcher, also known as ag, is a code searching tool designed to be a faster alternative to grep. It ignores file patterns from ignored files and git history for faster searching.

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