Eclipse is good, Java is shit.
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I've got a few ideas I want to play with, and I miss the fun of VB where you could throw something fun but pointless together in an hour or so.
Definitely don't pick Java.
Something like Scala or Groovy may be a better choice - both runs on the JVM and compile down to Java bytecode, but they (attempt to) hide all the horrible ugly bits of Java, so you can get on with writing code instead of screaming because after jumping through dozens of hoops it's still not doing what you want.
(I've not actually tried Scala or Groovy myself yet, and they might both be shit, but I've heard plenty of people say good things about each of them.)
Oh, and if you're serious about Android stuff, Scala is probably the better of the two.
(Search for "scala android" and you get details of people doing</e> it, whilst "groovy android" is more people asking how to get it working.)EDITED: 25 Mar 2011 00:31 by BOUGHTONP