Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.help Subject: Re: Eclipse And NetBeans Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 52 Message-ID: <31537268.42.1334882207699.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbag4> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.28.149.29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1334882208 3179 127.0.0.1 (20 Apr 2012 00:36:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:36:48 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.28.149.29; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Received-Bytes: 3177 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.help:1769 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 co= mputer languages, both are built to edit text files, both have advanced fea= tures 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 licens= ed pilot and an airfield. Style, key mappings, number of menu features, robustness of help system, lo= w-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=20 > productive with. It is simpler, and for me intuitive to use. I found=20 > Eclipse less intuitive, and in some cases the help wasn't much help. I=20 > suspect that Netbeans is fine for relatively small projects, with only a= =20 > few team memebers. Eclipse seems to be aimed at larger projects, with a= =20 > large team. I like NetBeans but currently I am tied to Eclipse. --=20 Lew