Seriously, Java development tools have always been slow (compared to established alternatives i.e. Visual Studio), but if you find Eclipse slow then stay far away from NetBeans (and Maven). Never done any XCode, but would be surprised if it is categorized as superior due to "feeling faster", in a age where a commodity CPU supports 8 native threads.
On Nov 23, 3:25 pm, Robert Casto <casto.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had the same experience. Switching between files would take seconds, > sometimes 10 or more seconds. I installed a version of Eclipse just for > doing Android work, on a Mac Book Pro, and still it took forever. I had > nothing else running except Firefox, not even iTunes or the emulator was > running on the machine. > > There are settings you can change to improve Eclipse performance, but it is > bad enough that the team is looking at IntelliJ hoping it is a good > alternative for Android development. Lots of times I go to VI and then do an > ANT build for quick changes. Much easier sometimes than having a huge number > of tools available that get in the way of each other. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:18 AM, CKoerner <chessm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/11/iphone-android-dev-env > > > With the increasing popularity of mobile applications, many people > > venture in publishing comparisons of the developer experience in each > > environment. About a year ago, David Green published a thorough review > > of both environments while John Blanco published last week a > > comparative analysis of the iPhone and Android Development > > Environments. Both Dave and John agree: > > > "using Java is much better than Objective-C. Private methods, inner > > classes, > > anonymous classes, generics, better function syntax, and a much > > wider plethora > > of 3rd-party code are just a small smattering of the advantages of > > Java. It’s no contest." > > > John and Dave disagree on Xcode vs Eclipse: > > > [John] "I used to love Eclipse. I could master one IDE and get > > benefits for whatever work I do. It’s been over a year since I had to > > use Eclipse [...] and coming back has been… …a horrible experience… I > > don’t know how it happened. Eclipse is bloated, slow, and the simple > > act of changing editor contexts (XML vs. Java vs. Android Manifest, > > etc.) is mind-numbing. It takes seconds. [...] it’s making for a > > *miserable* experience doing Android work. Contrast this with XCode, > > XCode is a delight to work with. It’s sleek, lightning-fast, and I > > never see any slowdown when typing in code. I took XCode for granted > > for sure. XCode in a landslide." > > > [Go to the link for the full article] > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > Robert Castowww.robertcasto.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
