Matt,
Funny that you should just mention Eclipse, I have
just finished reading this article below, about
Eclipse and Flex that you and the group might find
interesting as well.
Joe Cervenka
Everybody Loves Eclipse
For any serious Java development, you need an
Integrated Development Environment (IDE). There is a
thriving ecosystem of competing IDEs for Java, but it
looks like Eclipse is on a winning streak.
In addition to managing all the files that go into a
Java project, a good IDE lets you perform one-button
compilation, interactive debugging, performance
analysis, team development and more. Eclipse can do
all that stuff, which is pretty impressive for an open
source project.
Eclipse has gotten lots of attention lately, what with
a new version on the verge of release, Borland
planning to rewrite their own IDE, JBuilder, as one
big add-on to Eclipse, and Macromedia doing the same
thing with Flex Builder.
NetBeans, another open source Java IDE, is arguably
every bit as capable as Eclipse, but doesn't currently
enjoy the same level of popularity among professional
Java developers. Despite an ever expanding list of
serious enterprise and mobile development features,
NetBeans seems stuck with a reputation for being a
beginner's tool.
With Borland moving to Eclipse, the only full-fledged
Java IDE that is not basing itself on an open-source
foundation is IntelliJ IDEA. While it has a strong and
vocal following, the developers have their work cut
out for them to keep up with the alternatives.
--- Matthew Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 9, 2005, at 12:26 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't expect Macromedia to do much that would
> add additional
> > developer-oriented functionality to Dreamweaver.
> They joined the
> > Eclipse Foundation to deliver developer tools and
> more likely to bring
> > forth developer tools that way. I can't imagine
> the designer-focused
> > folks at Adobe know what to do with all these
> server-based
> > technologies.
>
> Yeah, latching onto Eclipse is a very smart move for
> Macromedia at
> this point. They can keep the more design-oriented
> features of DW
> (or not spend much more time on it if Adobe decides
> to keep Go Live
> and drop DW) and more easily build on top of the
> already robust and
> hugely popular Eclipse platform.
>
> Concerning Adobe and server-side technologies, I was
> a bit surprised
> at how many server-side products Adobe already has
> around enterprise
> document management, so I think they're more into
> server technology
> than most people realize. It's largely Java so CF
> is actually a
> pretty good fit into their server software
> organization. I was also
> encouraged to see the CF logo prominently featured
> on two slides in
> Adobe's investor relations presentation under
> "Enterprise Software."
> I hope they would have just left it off altogether
> if they didn't
> plan on keeping it. ;-)
>
> Matt
> --
> Matthew Woodward
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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