I've used a text editor, visual slick edit, forte (inc sun one studio, and netbeans) and now eclipse. I would highly recommend eclipse for doing web apps (I cant speak too j2ee dev). I would suggest getting it and the "Eclipse in action" book. Either read the book at the book store or buy it then post it on half. I has some great stuff if you are getting started with Eclipse, but its not stuff you are going to forget and need to look up again.
I've got it with Tomcat and the Sysdeo plugin & Struts console - lets me debug servlets, issues reloads automatically, etc... Works for me. Of course the last IDE I paid for was Slick Edit (in more ways than one) so maybe the high end dev tool have something I am missing! Initially my big draw to Eclipse was the SWT it used instead of Swing. It was just as nice and responsive as a native app (something forte always pissed me off about - I always felt like I was walking through water with it). Ah well > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:15 PM > To: struts-user > Subject: Re: J2EE IDE > > > > On 27/08/2003 07:46 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can someone please suggest me a free J2EE IDE suitable > for development > > of webapps using STRUTS. I know of some IDE's like the > FORTE, ECLIPSE, > > NETBEANS. However I wanted to ckeckout if anyone has > already evaluated > > any of these since I am not sure which one is easy to use and has > > reasonably good features as well. > > I've not tried Eclipse but, to my sorrow, I've tried both Forte and > Netbeans. I didn't find either helped in developing web > apps so I just a > text editor. Any debugging can be done with a few > System.out.println's. > And I think it makes you think more about the code you're > writing if you > don't have an interactive debugger to hand. YMMV. > > > This mail was scanned by Interscan Virus Wall of > Mailserver2 at SNR, > > TCS, Chennai > > My pet cat, Eric, watched me type this email. He sneezed on > the screen. > Who knows what infections I'm spreading here ;-) > > -- > Paul Thomas > +------------------------------+---------------------------- > -----------------+ > | Thomas Micro Systems Limited | Software Solutions for the Smaller > Business | > | Computer Consultants | > http://www.thomas-micro-systems-ltd.co.uk | > +------------------------------+---------------------------- > -----------------+ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
