On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Joseph Sinclair <[email protected]> wrote: > I have used many IDE's (but not xcode, I don't use Mac). > I generally prefer Netbeans for most development, I like it's interface and > it's simple and fast compared to Eclipse. > Eclipse is not too bad for C++ (but it's often horribly unstable on Linux due > to bad "plugins"). > Both Eclipse and Netbeans are cross-platform and written in Java. Netbeans > is dual-licensed CDDL and GPL v2; Eclipse has it's own Open-Source license.
Indeed, it depends a lot on the language you plan to write in. I like Eclipse for Java and it can be extended to work well with many languages, bug trackers, version control, etc. but it has a fairly rigid project model that might take getting used to for a vi convert. The Netbeans Swing UI throws me for a loop but it looks like it has otherwise very good implementation. Both of these are very good for common languages you might use to implement web applications. > For Linux users, there are some nice native tools as well. > MonoDevelop is not too bad if you want to develop C# or VB.Net code. > KDevelop is nice for QT/KDE development. > Code::Blocks (codeblocks) is a good very-simple IDE, a good transition from > vi for C/C++ coding. If you want a nice C++ environment that just works, Qt Creator is really clean. It works on Mac, Windows, and Linux and contains the excellent Qt library for making C++ GUI apps. KDevelop has the best C++ introspection and autocompletion I've seen but they are in the midst of a toolkit transition and it lacks a bit of polish. > > steve young wrote: >> I'm an old school programmer and have used vi. Don't be too quick discount vi, you might be impressed with gvim to add just a bit to what you are already used to. Kate and gedit can perform similar light weight roles. I prefer Kate to an IDE when programming in C. Regards, Kevin _______________________________________________ PLUG-devel mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-devel
