Gerhard Froehlich wrote:
Paul convinced to use Intellij's IDEA.
It's not bad and it as a good CVS integration.
but it costs 389 bucks :(
That's a $389 I would be happy to shell out. The pluses on that IDE make it
much more usable than JBuilder or VisualAge Java. Let's put it this way,
it takes the refactoring abilities of VisualAge, removes the flakiness,
uses your source code repository, and has all the editing features of
JBuilder. Since I don't trust GUI builders built in to IDEs, I am happy that
I don't have to pay ~$1000 for useable features.
VisualAge Java Professional is ~$130, and for what you get is pretty decent.
The problem is that you are locked into VisualAge's source code repository
and flaky classloader issues. Not to meantion it is always a JDK or two
behind the curve.
Borland JBuilder is merely eye candy until you shell out the >$600 bucks for
the Professional license. I mean what advantage is there to disabling the
interface wizard? Just create a class and change the keyword to interface...
Together ControlCenter is the cat's meow if you can stomach a >$6000 price
tag. It's pattern based code generation tools, UML editing, and code auditing
features have me salivating until I look at the price tag (what a cold slap
in the face)! The CHEAPEST version they have is >$3000. Clearly not good
for an individual developer.
Intellij IDEA is the closest thing to a truly useful IDE there is, and
comparatively
is well featured. It is the first IDE I have seen that focuses on the way
you code (or at least I code).
What I would like to see is a prorated pricing scheme so that I only pay
for the features I want. That way, if $6000 is the top price for Together
Control Center, I only pay for the modelling types I support and the
code generation facilities--or something to that affect. However, no matter
how much I begged them, TogetherSoft has ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION of releasing
any of its product line in the sub $1000 price range.
As a general rule, forget anything by Microsoft--you end up fighting the
tool
50% of the time and the libraries 45% of the time, which only leaves you with
5% of your time to do anything useful.
I haven't gotten into Forte or any of the others.
after evaluation copy back to UltraEdit :)
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:12 PM
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Subject: IDEs
Is there a favorite Java IDE amoung you folks?
Eric Medlock
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