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Yep, it sucks being the company that owns Java and puts open source on a pedestal, but gets beat badly in creating the ecosystem for Java development... i.e. Ec

• kls 17y ago
  >Eclipse. NetBeans was never even a contender The sad part is that it is far superior now. A friend of mine converted me 8 months ago and I am petrified that it will get lost in the shuffle now. The thought of going back to Eclipse is mortifying after having such a consistent experience with Netbeans.
  • noarchy 17y ago
    I'll concur, as I've been getting quite comfy using Netbeans. If Netbeans gets hung out to dry, it does mean going back to Eclipse (I'm not really into the idea of buying an IDEA license).
    • perneto 17y ago
      Actually, the new IDEA 9 now has a free, open-source version, with most of what you'll want. There's still a commercial version with some more features enabled. http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/editions_comparison_matrix.html http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/editions_comparison_m... NetBeans' profiler is great though. IDEA doesn't have any - I use YourKit, a 3rd-party commercial profiler.
  • hello_moto 17y ago
    I'm new to NetBeans and in a similar position with you (scared of losing it). I don't know why but I feel that NetBeans is more organized and less "rugged" compare to Eclipse.
• rbanffy 17y ago
  Actually, I find Netbeans much more comfortable when developing for mobile and web.