I remember back in the day reading about which search engine is the best...
the comment that was made was that they're fairly similar, so pick one and learn* *it well, i.e. know *everything *possible that it can do. And that applies very much to IDE choice. The net is full of debates about which IDE is better, and I don't think any side will ever win that debate, that's why the debate continues. If there was a clear winner, there would be no reason to discuss it. Furthermore, the IDE's are very different. Eclipse/IntelliJ/Netbeans all differ significantly such that if I'm used to one, I look at another and I don't know what is going on, it does not behave the same as the one I'm used to and I thus think it is poor. So whichever IDE you do use, make sure you know everything about it. I happen to be an Eclipse user, and in our dev environment, we use Eclipse and have made it work for us. It has added enough value that we've stuck with it. We did in fact move to Eclipse from RAD because RAD is so bad. We haven't seen enough value add from the other IDE's to switch (IntelliJ and Netbeans), and this is not because Eclipse is better or worse than them, it is because all of Eclipse/IntelliJ/Netbeans are very strong. I will say however, that intelliJ possibly leads in terms of it's coding hints and helps. Eclipse however, IMHO is better for the enterprise, but is probably the most unstable of the lot (I've managed to get Eclipse into a race condition more than once). 2008/7/16 Chavoux Luyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi > > I haven't done any recent work in Java, but I used Borland's JBuilder. I > didn't like it very much, mostly because I expected something similar to > Delphi, I suppose. > > Regards > Chavoux > > > On 7/16/08, RobD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Thought it would be interesting to know what Java IDE's (Integrated >> Development Environments) are being used across the group and which >> are the most popular based on usage. Am sure it would be interesting >> for everyone to get an idea. The intention is not to start a debate on >> the merits ! Just to look at popularity based on current use. >> >> If you post the development environment tool you are using to this >> thread then we can list the IDE's and then add up the numbers ? >> >> I am currently using; Rational Software Architect / Rational >> Application Developer >> >> Regards, >> Rob. >> >> > > > > -- see my blog: http://analysis102.blogspot.com http://audiblethoughts.blogspot.com http://outsideofficehours.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Tech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.za/group/CTJUG-Tech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
