Go Shane! This is one of the few sensible posts on IDE religion I've ever read! :-) Theres nothing like a little common sense to distinguish the smart developer from the average developer... :-)
Anyway, my .2c (apart from what shane said) - I'd recommend any of these tools depending on the task at hand... - IDEA (best all round, brilliant for XP, "reasonable" price, no GUI or wizard hand-holding) - Together (if you have _lots_ of $ and you _must_ use UML) - JBlunder Enterprise (if you have _lots_ of $ and you really can't deal with J2EE without a Wizard to hold your hand) - CodeGuide (if you don't like NetBeans and you can't afford IDEA) - Netbeans (if you like the price and can handle the clunky interface) - Emacs / vi (if you are a Linux freak and bone-headed :-) - Textpad (if you are a Win32 user and if all else fails :-) Geoff > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Shane Whitehead > Sent: Monday, 25 March 2002 8:21 AM > To: Orion-Interest > Subject: RE: idea=$395.00USD was: RE: Java IDE? > > > I believe it comes down to the individual requirements of the > developer. You can discuss it till your blue in the face, but > if it doesn't fill comfortable, then, like most users, you > won't use it. Go with what feels right for you and don't be > to swayed with what other people think. > > I've been lucky that most of the places I've worked at have > allowed me to use the editor of my choice and personally I > prefer netbeans, but that's more to do with the fact that I > was required to use at Uni and at the time their was only a > hand full of editors and all of them (except Netbeans) seemed > to use a propriety VM - but that's ancient history. > > Most of the experience is in Swing and I hand code 99% of all > my UI, I've yet to meet a UI designer that can cut it. > > Essentially, try a few, find the one you like and hope it's > not to expensive, but at the end of the day, if you can't > live without it, you're going to have to pay for it... > > Good hunting! > > Shane > > >
