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After I try latest of Netbean and Eclipse I wonder if have Another     beter IDE?

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mttc - 26 Mar 2008 16:43 GMT
I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
It's not campareable with VS. I try also Netbean. but I think that
JAVA worth for beter IDE.
So what is the best IDE (even commercial)?
Mark Space - 26 Mar 2008 17:24 GMT
> I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
> Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
> It's not campareable with VS. I try also Netbean. but I think that
> JAVA worth for beter IDE.
> So what is the best IDE (even commercial)?

NetBeans is the best that I have tried.  What did you not like about it?

The Java world is different than MS.  I don't think you'll find a Visual
Studio clone to ease your transition to Java.  Best to pick one IDE that
seems good then try to learn it's features.
mttc - 26 Mar 2008 19:22 GMT
> > I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
> > Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Studio clone to ease your transition to Java.  Best to pick one IDE that
> seems good then try to learn it's features.

the VB on VS is perfect check syntax while wrriting and rpid coding by
formatting the text automaticly with hard indented. it's simple that
the coding is fasting then NetBean.

I see that you agree that NetBean is the best. So my wonder why all
guys talking about Eclipse?
(In other side I very like the Eclipse that not need Installation)
Mark Space - 26 Mar 2008 19:59 GMT
> the VB on VS is perfect check syntax while wrriting and rpid coding by
> formatting the text automaticly with hard indented. it's simple that
> the coding is fasting then NetBean.

NetBeans does this too.

Also, please learn to spell. And to use grammar.

> I see that you agree that NetBean is the best. So my wonder why all
> guys talking about Eclipse?

They aren't.
RedGrittyBrick - 26 Mar 2008 21:31 GMT
>>> I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
>>> Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and

That's odd, I've never had Eclipse crash when using recent versions.
Perhaps you used some unstable plugins?

>>> It's not campareable with VS.

In what way?

have you read these?
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-visualstudio/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon.skeet/archive/2005/12/22/79631.aspx

>>> I try also Netbean. but I think that
>>> JAVA worth for beter IDE.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> formatting the text automaticly with hard indented. it's simple that
> the coding is fasting then NetBean.

Eclipse too does
- syntax checking as you type.
- configurable automatic indentation as you type.
- completion of braces {} as you type.
- pops-up documentation as mouse hovers over class or method name.
- auto-completion of class/method/variable names (Ctrl+Space)
- auto-completion of method argument lists (ditto)
- source reformatting (Ctrl+Shift+F}
- auto generation of imports (Ctrl+Shift+O)
- generates method stubs when you override an abstract class or
  implement an interface. (Ctrl+1);
- and lots more.

The re-factoring is pretty good too. It even spell-checks your comments
as you type. Heck it compiles as you type.

I imagine Netbeans is equally nifty.

> I see that you agree that NetBean is the best. So my wonder why all
> guys talking about Eclipse?

Not everyone talks about Eclipse, it and Netbeans appear to me to be
about equally popular, based on comments in this newsgroup. According to
Google groups, in the last year Netbeans was mentioned 1030 times,
Eclipse 1920. I don't think these figures are significant though.
Mark Space - 26 Mar 2008 23:03 GMT
> Eclipse too does

That's pretty much NetBeans feature list also.  Both of these programs
seem very similar in basic editing capabilities.  Usually there is one
crucial plug-in for some type of specific task that one IDE has that the
other lacks, which determines perference.

> Not everyone talks about Eclipse, it and Netbeans appear to me to be
> about equally popular, based on comments in this newsgroup. According to

My impression as well.  At least, most folks seem over the editor wars.
 The OP's comments don't seem to indicate that he investigated either
very well.

IntelliJ so far looks to me like one pays more, and gets less.  I guess
there may be features I'm missing.
Lew - 27 Mar 2008 04:58 GMT
RedGrittyBrick wrote:
>> Eclipse too does

> That's pretty much NetBeans feature list also.  Both of these programs
> seem very similar in basic editing capabilities.  Usually there is one
> crucial plug-in for some type of specific task that one IDE has that the
> other lacks, which determines perference.

NetBeans and Eclipse (and their commercial offspring) are similar in feature
sets, but very different in style.  Likely one or the other will suit one's
style better.

Eclipse drives me crazy; I despise it, and the commercial products based on
it.  That does not make them bad products, only products that I, personally,
despise. [1]

I have been using WebSphere Application Developer, Rational Application
Developer and other Rational products for years, all Eclipse-powered.  Not
just a little, either - I live inside these products all day long at work.

I love NetBeans.  I also love sushi and spinach, products many people hate.

Plugins have absolutely nothing to do with my preference.  It's the
fundamental style of the IDEs.  Eclipse does too much under the hood that it
won't let me override, it's too removed from Ant-based builds, and it's too
far removed from the file system.  NetBeans seems to me more straightforward,
easier to lay out the various panes, and to impose less IDE-specific garbage
on a project, so that it fits better with group build strategies.  It's also
easier to separate out the IDE-specific garbage from NB projects than from
Eclipse.

That said, Eclipse is extremely feature-rich and extensible, and integrates
quite well with its enterprise server testbeds.

[1] All right, yes, it makes them bad products.

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Roedy Green - 28 Mar 2008 13:52 GMT
>I see that you agree that NetBean is the best. So my wonder why all
>guys talking about Eclipse?

What pretty well everyone does it give some of the possible IDEs  a
trial run of day to a few weeks.  Then they pick the one that drives
them crazy the least. Then they gradually learn the quirks and obscure
features.

They will then stick with it, unless that IDE is abandoned or clearly
surpassed.

They might try some of the other IDEs every once in awhile, but they
will seem clumsy in comparison, because they work differently and they
don't know the lore to make them work at their best.  So that
reinforces the opinion they already have the best.

The same applies to word processors.  As I used to say in public
lectures, "I would be much easier to talk someone into changing wives
than word processors."

People will rarely change IDEs unless:
1. theirs stops working or becomes unusable.
2. they hear some other IDE has a unique feature that will save them a
ton of work.

The problem is no one has the time and skill to be able to compare
IDEs from a position of full competence on all the contenders.
It would have to be someone looking for objective criteria to compare
them for a comparative magazine article.

I think in my case I worked with Eclipse which drove me nuts.  Then I
switched to IntelliJ Idea, which I learned quite quickly.  I think my
experience with Eclipse greased the wheels.

It all very much what you are used to.  I hated Emacs with a fiery
passion. My finger reflexes simply refused to key CUA one moment and
Emacs the next.
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mttc - 29 Mar 2008 22:23 GMT
what about JDeveloper vs Eclipse?
Arne Vajhøj - 29 Mar 2008 22:53 GMT
> what about JDeveloper vs Eclipse?

JDeveloper is a "low profile" IDE - it is not very widely used
outside the Oracle world (AS).

My impression is that it is very feature rich.

But it and me does not click.

You can try and see if you like it.

Arne
Arne Vajhøj - 28 Mar 2008 20:01 GMT
> I see that you agree that NetBean is the best.

I don't think so.

Usually there is a wide spread over Eclipse, NetBeans and IntelliJ.

>                                            So my wonder why all
> guys talking about Eclipse?

Eclipse is by far the most widely used.

Arne
CK - 26 Mar 2008 19:25 GMT
>> I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
>> Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
>NetBeans is the best that I have tried.  What did you not like about it?

Try IntelliJ.

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Mark Space - 26 Mar 2008 20:04 GMT
>>> I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
>>> Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Try IntelliJ.

Could you tell me what you think IntelliJ does better than NetBeans?
(Or what IntelliJ does well, if you don't know NetBeans.)  I like NB a
lot but I'm always on the look out for productivity enhancers.

How does IntelliJ work for things other than straight Java? Does it work
for C, C++ and PHP?  Does it have templates for projects like plain web
apps (JSP/Servlets), Struts, JSF? What about adding other downloaded
objects like Dojo and JMaki to a web app?

I haven't tried any code weaving with NetBeans but that might be next.
EricF - 27 Mar 2008 04:45 GMT
>>>> I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
>>>> Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
>I haven't tried any code weaving with NetBeans but that might be next.

I much prefer IntelliJ over Eclipse, enough to pay for it. I haven't looked at
NetBeans in quite a while so can't compare the 2.

IntelliJ is not a general IDE. It was created in Java for Java. It is starting
to support some of the newer dynamic languages; the newest versions support
Groovy and Rails.

It has templates for web apps, j2ee, struts and jsf support. Dunno about Dojo
or JMaki.

I prefer it because it is relatively stable and has an intelligent UI. The
learning curve is relatively low.  

Eric
Mark Space - 27 Mar 2008 05:48 GMT
I think it's neat that there are so many choice available right now.
It's a wonder to me that both NetBeans and Eclipse can be so feature
rich and also a free download.

But if a pay-for IDE can provide some substantial features, I'd love to
know about it.

> I much prefer IntelliJ over Eclipse, enough to pay for it. I haven't looked at
> NetBeans in quite a while so can't compare the 2.
>
> IntelliJ is not a general IDE. It was created in Java for Java. It is starting
> to support some of the newer dynamic languages; the newest versions support
> Groovy and Rails.

I see you didn't mention C and C++.  When I tried NetBeans, I pointed it
at my Cygwin install (that's a Unix style environment running on
Windows) and NetBeans took it.  It uses it's own editor, the C and C++
compiler in Cygwin, and either Ant or make.  I was in heaven.

Open source products with a lot of support frequently have support for
crazy configurations like Cygwin that commercial products have a hard
time justifying support for.

> It has templates for web apps, j2ee, struts and jsf support. Dunno about Dojo
> or JMaki.

Dojo and JMaki are libraries that support client side widgets for web
2.0.  You load them onto your JSP or PHP page, run it and they put neat
little Javascript widgets on the browser.  NetBeans has a pallet for
them so I can just drag and drop them into layouts or even right into a
text file I'm editing.  It'd darn cool.

> I prefer it because it is relatively stable and has an intelligent UI. The
> learning curve is relatively low.  

I'm still interested in features, if you're willing to talk about them,
or even point me at a web page with tutorials, I'd like to take a look
at it.

This post is more pro-NetBeans than I intended.  I really don't want to
start any editor wars.  It's just nice little features that I've found
in NetBeans that it great to use, and comparisons are valid I think if
one wants to have earnest discussion.
mttc - 27 Mar 2008 16:16 GMT
I have to read all responds, thanks all.
I ask: "So my wonder why all guys talking about Eclipse?" I refer to
All big company that base his product on Eclipse (like IBM, Adobe).
from my view point I wonder why all of these company not spend more to
make Eclipse the best enviroment. I not understand why Borland stop
his IDE while the Eclipse is not yet Stable environment. and for me
the Style of Eclipse is not intuitive and not attract. it's seem thet
OpenSource wasting power on many paraller project instead focus on
Ultimate one IDE (as we see on PHP and Rubi and JSP).
Christian - 27 Mar 2008 16:22 GMT
mttc schrieb:
> I have to read all responds, thanks all.
> I ask: "So my wonder why all guys talking about Eclipse?" I refer to
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> OpenSource wasting power on many paraller project instead focus on
> Ultimate one IDE (as we see on PHP and Rubi and JSP).

May be you are rather one of the few people that experienced a crash.

I can't think of any crash of eclipse IDE in since I started using it.
For me thats stable!

Do you have some strange configuration?

Christian
mttc - 27 Mar 2008 23:50 GMT
No, I install the latest Erupa with no plugin. the crash occur when I
try to add text file to project (for input file). Also for my flavor
this IDE have somthing unconvinced. it's difficult for me to point it
out. Why not have Open project command (I west about two hour until I
find the import command), why debugger switch to another perspective
(I thing this solve only on very current version).

Also I expect from IDE that make indented totally automatically (VB on
VS). Also I have prefer to not allow case sensative even the lenguge
allow this(VB on VS correct the Upper case according the decleration).
And also when I change name of variable on the declaration statment,
it's rename the name on all his scope.

I know that guys say: Java is not VB, you are not understand.. and so
on. but if you have to be honnest these thing is rapid your work.

I try also the Netbean and I very disappointed, there no have list of
error!
Mark Space - 28 Mar 2008 01:19 GMT
> No, I install the latest Erupa with no plugin. the crash occur when I

What's Erupa?

> try to add text file to project (for input file). Also for my flavor
> this IDE have somthing unconvinced. it's difficult for me to point it
> out. Why not have Open project command (I west about two hour until I

Two hours! Lol.....

> Also I expect from IDE that make indented totally automatically (VB on

Didn't we just get done having a huge discussion about how Eclipse does
this?

> VS). Also I have prefer to not allow case sensative even the lenguge
> allow this(VB on VS correct the Upper case according the decleration).

Case has been commented on before, by other folks.  It's an issue for
some, not for many.

> I know that guys say: Java is not VB, you are not understand.. and so
> on. but if you have to be honnest these thing is rapid your work.

My work is rapid.  I'm sorry your's is not, but you have to put some
effort into learning or your work will never be fast.
Lew - 28 Mar 2008 06:58 GMT
mttc wrote:
>> VS). Also I have prefer to not allow case sensative even the lenguge
>> allow this(VB on VS correct the Upper case according the decleration).

The Java language not only allows case sensitivity, it requires it.

> Case has been commented on before, by other folks.  It's an issue for
> some, not for many.

Case matters in Java.

>> I know that guys say: Java is not VB, you are not understand.. and so
>> on. but if you have to be honnest these thing is rapid your work.

> My work is rapid.  I'm sorry your's is not, but you have to put some
> effort into learning or your work will never be fast.

That is true of all tools, the more so for worthwhile ones.

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Mark Space - 28 Mar 2008 07:24 GMT
> mttc wrote:
>>> VS). Also I have prefer to not allow case sensative even the lenguge
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> Case matters in Java.

He's saying the IDE should ignore case when looking for identifier names
for completion.  Some Visual Microsoft product does this, I guess, and
it's trained a lot of coders to expect the feature.  I can see where it
could be handy, but I'm used to case-sensitive completion so I tend to
adjust for it with out thinking about it.

NetBeans claims to have something called camel-case completion, where it
can figure out the class name from *just* the capital letters in the
class name.  Like String would be S and ArrayList would be AL.  I've
never used it, but it sounds cool.
Mike Schilling - 28 Mar 2008 07:41 GMT
>> mttc wrote:
>>>> VS). Also I have prefer to not allow case sensative even the
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> see where it could be handy, but I'm used to case-sensitive
> completion so I tend to adjust for it with out thinking about it.

Intellij ignores case when you're trying to find a class by name. (You
type in the first N letters and it will display all that match, case
ignored.)   I like that very much, especially since some classes are
named with what seems to me to be the wrong casing (not JDK classes so
much as user ones.)
steen - 28 Mar 2008 08:47 GMT
> NetBeans claims to have something called camel-case completion, where it
> can figure out the class name from *just* the capital letters in the
> class name.  Like String would be S and ArrayList would be AL.  I've
> never used it, but it sounds cool.

Well Eclipse has this also, hit CTRL-SHIFT-T in the java perspective
and you can just enter IB to find a class named IntegrationBean etc.
Once you get used to it its pretty cool.

It also ignores case if you enter the classname, just like IntelliJ
(not sure how NetBeans handles this, because I've never used it).

/Steen
Lord Zoltar - 28 Mar 2008 16:51 GMT
> > NetBeans claims to have something called camel-case completion, where it
> > can figure out the class name from *just* the capital letters in the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> It also ignores case if you enter the classname, just like IntelliJ
> (not sure how NetBeans handles this, because I've never used it).

Hmm I just tried that in RAD 7 and instead of IntegrationBean, I get
"ib - com.ibm.crypto.provider" as first result, followed by similar
options. I didn't even see IntegrationBean in the (very large!) list
that was offered. This could be a RAD-specific quirk though.
Arne Vajhøj - 28 Mar 2008 19:59 GMT
>> Well Eclipse has this also, hit CTRL-SHIFT-T in the java perspective
>> and you can just enter IB to find a class named IntegrationBean etc.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> options. I didn't even see IntegrationBean in the (very large!) list
> that was offered. This could be a RAD-specific quirk though.

My guess is that it depends on what is in classpath.

IntegrationBean is not a standard Java class.

Arne
RedGrittyBrick - 28 Mar 2008 11:49 GMT
>> mttc wrote:
>>>> VS). Also I have prefer to not allow case sensative even the lenguge
>>>> allow this(VB on VS correct the Upper case according the decleration).

Eclipse allows for this sort of foolishness ...

>> The Java language not only allows case sensitivity, it requires it.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> could be handy, but I'm used to case-sensitive completion so I tend to
> adjust for it with out thinking about it.

Eclipse does this, I just tried it. I've never knowingly used it before.
I have a variable named caseButton, I typed casebut and pressed
Ctrl+Space (for "Content Assist"), Eclipse replaced casebut with caseButton.

If I was switching to C# using VS I'd not complain in public about
having to learn the VS ways of doing the things I'm already familiar
with in Eclipse.

Why should I expect VS to be exactly like Eclipse?

Suggestion to mttc:
Instead of whinging that Eclipse/Netbeans/whatever is unproductive
because (you think) it doesn't do X/Y/Z exactly like VS does,
* Pick a Java IDE - Eclipse, Netbeans, IntelliJ, JCreator, ...
* Read a tutorial for that IDE [1]
* Find the appropriate support forum for that IDE. [2]
* Try not post inflammatory comparisons with other IDEs
* Omit pointless disparagement of the IDE.
* Ask in that forum "how do I do X"
* Remember it's OK for different IDEs to differ in how they do X.

[1] For Eclipse: select the "Help" menu, "Tips & Tricks", "Java
Development", read everything on the right hand side.
[2] For Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org/newsgroups/

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Arne Vajhøj - 28 Mar 2008 19:56 GMT
> If I was switching to C# using VS I'd not complain in public about
> having to learn the VS ways of doing the things I'm already familiar
> with in Eclipse.
>
> Why should I expect VS to be exactly like Eclipse?

There is one difference.

Almost all Java developers have worked with more than
one Java IDE.

There are a lot of C# developers that have never worked
with anything else than VS.

Arne
Lew - 29 Mar 2008 04:43 GMT
> Almost all Java developers have worked with more than
> one Java IDE.
>
> There are a lot of C# developers that have never worked
> with anything else than VS.

I suspect that a large percentage of C and C++ developers also have experience
with more than one IDE, based on the very unscientific sample of those I've
met.  Necessity is a mother - those who program for a living run into exotic
platforms a lot, such as embedded systems.  Perforce one uses the editors
available, whether preferred or not.

I aver that it's useful to follow the suggestions folks have made here,
especially to use a few different IDEs for yourself.  I've been using both
NetBeans and Eclipse and its offspring more or less concurrently for years.
Whichever one prefers, they have both been quite useful and powerful tools.
Each teaches you something.  (Zen-like detachment, in the case of Eclipse.)

The same should be said of programming languages.  Don't know only Java.
Don't even be very good in only Java.

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Arne Vajhøj - 29 Mar 2008 17:07 GMT
>> Almost all Java developers have worked with more than
>> one Java IDE.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> experience with more than one IDE, based on the very unscientific sample
> of those I've met.

C/C++ is somewhere in between. Many of them have been working
with Unix or embedded systems. But there are still some that
have worked only within the world of MFC, ATL, COM etc..

Arne
CK - 28 Mar 2008 20:48 GMT
>He's saying the IDE should ignore case when looking for identifier names
>for completion.  

It is handy in my experience. However, I would like to have that
toggleable.

>Some Visual Microsoft product does this, I guess, and
>it's trained a lot of coders to expect the feature.  I can see where it
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>class name.  Like String would be S and ArrayList would be AL.  I've
>never used it, but it sounds cool.

The Smalltalk IDE at my former employers worked like this:

Wi Sy Co Vs W -> WindowSystemControlsVsWin.

Also very handy for stuff like: CommonControlsDLL -> Com Con D.
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steen - 28 Mar 2008 08:49 GMT
> And also when I change name of variable on the declaration statment,
> it's rename the name on all his scope.

Eclipse will rename the variable if you ask it to.
Put your cursor on the varaible, hit alt-shift-r to rename it.

/Steen
Arne Vajhøj - 28 Mar 2008 20:07 GMT
> I ask: "So my wonder why all guys talking about Eclipse?" I refer to
> All big company that base his product on Eclipse (like IBM, Adobe).
> from my view point I wonder why all of these company not spend more to
> make Eclipse the best enviroment. I not understand why Borland stop
> his IDE while the Eclipse is not yet Stable environment.

Eclipse is very stable.

>                                                          and for me
> the Style of Eclipse is not intuitive and not attract.

The choice of IDE consist of both some objectively measured features
and some subjective liking or disliking of style.

You don't like Eclipse style, then don't use Eclipse if you have
the choice, but do not assume that everyone has the same feeling.

>                                                        it's seem thet
> OpenSource wasting power on many paraller project instead focus on
> Ultimate one IDE (as we see on PHP and Rubi and JSP).

Because competition is good. 8 years ago VS was the most feature rich
IDE that other editors copy from. Today VS copy from
IntelliJ/Eclipse/NetBeans, because the competition between Java IDE's
drives development.

Arne
Daniel Dyer - 29 Mar 2008 13:26 GMT
>> I ask: "So my wonder why all guys talking about Eclipse?" I refer to
>> All big company that base his product on Eclipse (like IBM, Adobe).
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> You don't like Eclipse style, then don't use Eclipse if you have
> the choice, but do not assume that everyone has the same feeling.

It is however a widely held view that Eclipse is not particularly  
intuitive.  Even my Eclipse-using colleagues concede this point.  I  
haven't used the most recent version, but my previous attempts to use it  
always made me angry.  So many things were in odd places that it took ages  
to find what I was looking for.  I understand that you'll eventually get  
used to these "quirks", but the alternatives are generally more welcoming  
"out-of-the-box".

Dan.

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Arne Vajhøj - 29 Mar 2008 17:05 GMT
> It is however a widely held view that Eclipse is not particularly
> intuitive.  Even my Eclipse-using colleagues concede this point.  I
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> eventually get used to these "quirks", but the alternatives are
> generally more welcoming "out-of-the-box".

That is not my experience.

I seem to always be able to find what I want by right clicking.

Arne
CK - 28 Mar 2008 20:45 GMT
>Dojo and JMaki are libraries that support client side widgets for web
>2.0.  You load them onto your JSP or PHP page, run it and they put neat
>little Javascript widgets on the browser.  NetBeans has a pallet for
>them so I can just drag and drop them into layouts or even right into a
>text file I'm editing.  It'd darn cool.

Yes, that is better than what IntelliJ offers. But the overall
intelligence to me seems to be higher.

>> I prefer it because it is relatively stable and has an intelligent UI. The
>> learning curve is relatively low.  
>
>I'm still interested in features, if you're willing to talk about them,
>or even point me at a web page with tutorials, I'd like to take a look
>at it.

You can download it and try for yourself for 30 days.
>one wants to have earnest discussion.

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Mark Space - 28 Mar 2008 22:02 GMT
> You can download it and try for yourself for 30 days.

I should do that.  But I'm also trying to get a sense of what I should
be on the look-out for before I do.  30 days really isn't a lot of time
to throughly evaluate any software package.
CK - 29 Mar 2008 12:52 GMT
>> You can download it and try for yourself for 30 days.
>
>I should do that.  But I'm also trying to get a sense of what I should
>be on the look-out for before I do.  30 days really isn't a lot of time
>to throughly evaluate any software package.

Try to build a small J2EE Webapplication using JSF 1.2 and EJB 3.0. I
think you will understand then.
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Roedy Green - 28 Mar 2008 13:54 GMT
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:04:23 -0700, Mark Space
<markspace@sbc.global.net> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>Or what IntelliJ does well,

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/intellij.html

Perhaps some eclipse/netbeans users would like to provide some text on
the good and bad about their ides for the corresponding entries in the
glossary.

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Mark Space - 28 Mar 2008 16:28 GMT
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:04:23 -0700, Mark Space
> <markspace@sbc.global.net> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> the good and bad about their ides for the corresponding entries in the
> glossary.

Yes, I'm late with my NetBeans assignment.  I've read your review of
IntelliJ before, I was hoping for a second review.  Oh well....
CK - 28 Mar 2008 20:43 GMT
>Could you tell me what you think IntelliJ does better than NetBeans?
>(Or what IntelliJ does well, if you don't know NetBeans.)  I like NB a
>lot but I'm always on the look out for productivity enhancers.
>
>How does IntelliJ work for things other than straight Java?

It does not at all, its Java for Java, basically, though with the
latest version, that might have changed.

>Does it have templates for projects like plain web
>apps (JSP/Servlets), Struts, JSF?

Yes, it does have templates. Also, the refactoring is rather
developed, for a Java IDE: when you change the Class Name of a EJB, it
gets changed in the managed-beans.xml as well. If you change a JSP/JSF
file name, the navigation.xml gets changed.

Also, it already supports Annotations.

It is able to check whether your EJB QL query is valid cause it checks
on the fly against the database layout/bean layout.

One thing where Netbeans is far superior: The GUI Editor which works
way better than the IntelliJ Gui Builder.

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- Me, lately.
Daniel Dyer - 29 Mar 2008 13:12 GMT
>> Could you tell me what you think IntelliJ does better than NetBeans?
>> (Or what IntelliJ does well, if you don't know NetBeans.)  I like NB a
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> It does not at all, its Java for Java, basically, though with the
> latest version, that might have changed.

IDEA is also a very capable HTML, JavaScript, CSS and XML editor.

The latest version (7.x) has built-in support for Groovy and Ruby.

You can get plugins of varying sophistication for other languages too.  
This support ranges from simple syntax-highlighting only to more complete  
support including refactoring and code inspections.  I believe that the  
C++ support is quite advanced, though I've never used it.

Dan.

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Roedy Green - 26 Mar 2008 20:53 GMT
>I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
>Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
>It's not campareable with VS. I try also Netbean. but I think that
>JAVA worth for beter IDE.
>So what is the best IDE (even commercial)?

the one I use is called Intellij Idea.

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/intellij.html
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Mike Schilling - 26 Mar 2008 21:04 GMT
> I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
> Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
> It's not campareable with VS. I try also Netbean. but I think that
> JAVA worth for beter IDE.
> So what is the best IDE (even commercial)?

Intellij IDEA.  It doesn't have all of the fancy code-generation bells
and whistles that VS has, but for normal development and debugging,
it's stabler than VS, and has more nice features.  I used to be a vi +
compiler guy, but IDEA has converted me.
Gasparosoft - 28 Mar 2008 10:38 GMT
> I use with VS2005 of microsoft. I want to move to JAVA. bu I try
> Eclipse and I disappointment. the IDE is crash from time totime and
> It's not campareable with VS. I try also Netbean. but I think that
> JAVA worth for beter IDE.
> So what is the best IDE (even commercial)?

The best IDE for Java Developers is NetBeans 6....


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