Jude: a Junicon Development Environment

This would be an IDE for Junicon, the Java-based implementation of Unicon, written in Java. It would be a functional superset clone of UI, the Unicon IDE. If written to support both Junicon and Unicon, it might be of interest to the broader Unicon community, not just Junicon users.

Naturally, a lot of the components can be cribbed from totally standard Java GUI widgets. And maybe the best way to meet the project's requirements would be to modify Eclipse, or some other big Java IDE, to do Unicon properly. My main reservations for this approach include:

control
we need a long term solution that we will be in control of, not a short term solution that works now, but might break next year
simplicity
we need a solution that is friendly to novices and new users, not one that is so feature laden that it has a steep learning curve
size
From eclipse.org/downloads, Eclipse is typically 165-295MB to download. I am not sure we want that kind of a behemoth as the entry point for our language.

Going Beyond Basic

Although I want something simpler than Eclipse, I envision our IDE as a communication tool for our online community. If you give consent via a checkbox in the preferences, your availability to text chat or consult on code with other Unicon/Junicon users might be built-in to the IDE.