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Re: Eclipse And NetBeans

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William Colls wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>> I've been using Visual Slickedit for over 10 years. I'm now working my
>> way through the help files in Eclipse. I decided to give it a try since
>> it is *almost* a defacto standard in Java shops.
>>
>> I've been impressed with what I have seen so far.
>>
>> I understand that the other contender for popular, free, plugin based
>> JAVA IDE is NetBeans.
>>
>> I understand there may just be religious issues as far as which one a
>> person should choose, but while I understand the differences in
>> philosophies between an older religious war: emacs and vi, I don't with
>> Eclipse and NetBeans.
>>
>> Both are written in Java, both are IDEs, both are built to take in new
>> functionality via plugins.
>>
>> So, what are the big differences between the two that make some people
>> go with one and others with the other?

What are the differences between emacs and vi? Both are written in older computer languages, both are built to edit text files, both have advanced features to help programmers.

What's the difference between a Piper Cub and a Boeing 747? Both are fixed-wing aircraft. Both carry passengers through the air. Both require a licensed pilot and an airfield.

Style, key mappings, number of menu features, robustness of help system, low-level implementation details like how Eclipse shadows the file system but not NetBeans, support for outboard features (like other languages besides Java), how they're packaged for installation, ...

>> Thanks in advance for any polite, non-critical, non-negative opinions

Nice try, but we will still say what we will.

>  From limited experiance with both, I found Netbeans easier to get 
> productive with. It is simpler, and for me intuitive to use. I found 
> Eclipse less intuitive, and in some cases the help wasn't much help. I 
> suspect that Netbeans is fine for relatively small projects, with only a 
> few team memebers. Eclipse seems to be aimed at larger projects, with a 
> large team.

I like NetBeans but currently I am tied to Eclipse.

-- 
Lew

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Eclipse And NetBeans Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 16:35 -0400
  Re: Eclipse And NetBeans William Colls <william.colls@rogers.com> - 2012-04-19 17:18 -0400
    Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-19 17:36 -0700
  Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-19 19:42 -0300
    Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Robert Tomsick <robert@tomsick.net> - 2012-04-25 17:09 -0400
      Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-04-26 07:30 -0700
        Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-26 18:05 -0300
          Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-26 15:02 -0700
            Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-26 20:00 -0300
              Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-04-26 16:31 -0700
                Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-04-27 16:15 -0300
          Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Robert Tomsick <robert@tomsick.net> - 2012-04-27 13:07 -0400
        Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-10 15:28 -0700
        Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-10 15:33 -0700
  Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Allen l <debare21@gmail.com> - 2012-04-26 18:38 -0700
  Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-05-09 19:11 -0700
    Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-05-15 09:43 -0400
    Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2012-05-15 09:45 -0400

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