I use Visual Slick Edit ant really like it. It is pretty simple, supports vi, emacs, cua, etc... emulation, does tagging for java, jsp, html, xml, c/c++, and syntax highlighting. One thing I really like is that it doesn't lock you in to a certain JDK, you can install a new JDK and re-create your tag files for Visual Slick Edit and be up and running. It integrates w/ CVS and other code versioning systems. You can define your own tasks. We use this for integration w/ tools like ant. I believe it is around $300, but well worth it in my opinion. It supports multiple OS's.
http://www.slickedit.com Joel Morris > Did you actually try it out or did you just check the prices? If you > spend more than one hour a day writing java, I would say that IDEA is > worth that money, even if it has to come from my own pockets. > Naturally I would always try to get someone else to pay for it, such as > my employer, but that goes for any tool I use at work. > > Recently I have done some code review on code coming from someone that > evidently does not use IDEA, at least not any of the recent early > access releases. I would even consider spending money for them to use > IDEA for > the code I receive to improve. > > I'd recommend anyone to register for the IDEA early access program, use > IDEA with the EAP license until the real release, and then decide if > you want to spend the money or not. I think most people would gladly > pay the license cost to avoid having to go back to the old tools. > > It is also important to note that the license includes 8 months of > future updates to IDEA (one or two major new releases looking back at > the release history to date) > > By the way, I'm not related to the IDEA team in any way. > > /Fredrik Lindgren > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> hi, >> >> At about $800.00 AUD (roughly=$395.00 USD) >> I'd forget all about idea ... what about >> some ide's with sensible prices? I realised >> JBuilder was a waste of time after using it >> for years, and waking up to the fact that >> I only used it to package classes anyway. I >> bet people who are recommending idea are using >> other people's money to buy idea licenses? >> >> What about Simplicity? >> >> regards ... >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>From: "Eric Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: RE: Java IDE? >>>Date: 22/03/2002 14:33:50 >>>To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>>Idea for coding, Jbuilder for GUI layout. >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Clay Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>>Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:55 PM >>>>To: Orion-Interest >>>>Subject: Java IDE? >>>> >>>> >>>>Just a question, any suggestions as to what a good IDE is? >>>>I've tried JBuilder, IDEA (I like IDEA) and a few others... >>>>any recommendations? >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>>-Clay >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au >> >> >> >> >>
