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Having used Eclipse for 6 weeks now I still despise it. Give me Visual Studio any day.

melling 16y ago
Switch to IntelliJ: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html I even prefer Netbeans to Eclipse. http://netbeans.org http://netbeans.org There are 3 fully featured Java IDE's. You have only tried one of them.
- steverb 16y ago
  Coming from VS I love netbeans for writing Rails code in. I became very spoiled by Visual Studio's ability to let you explore libraries via intellisence. Netbeans is the only Ruby IDE I've found that comes close to letting you do that.
  - daveoflynn 16y ago
    IDEA does that rather nicely. Its maven support can reduce your box to a paperweight when it reindexes, but other than that, it's a very nice product indeed. If you're not working on a complex codebase, it is total overkill though.
- randomtask 16y ago
  I don't have much choice for the project I'm on at the moment, we've standardised on Eclipse, but I'll give it a look in the future. Thanks.
  - melling 16y ago
    Why do you need to "standardise" on a Java IDE? Do you standardise on vi, emacs, or Notepad? Can't developers simply use whichever IDE they prefer, keeping the code formatted in the desired format?
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    - kragen 16y ago
      Pair-programming teams often standardize on an IDE, so that when you hand the keyboard to your pair, they don't have to exit your IDE and start up theirs in order to type the next few lines of code. Standardizing on Notepad is a bad idea, because there's no way to enhance it to meet your team needs better.
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brown9-2 16y ago
What are some of your issues with Eclipse? With only 6 weeks in, it might just be a matter of being unfamiliar with certain things or not being aware of others.
guelo 16y ago
It's just a matter of getting used to the way of doing things, like any big app it has its quirks that you just have to know. Learn the keyboard shortcuts, you'll start liking it soon enough.

Switch to IntelliJ: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/index.html I even prefer Netbeans to Eclipse. http://netbeans.org http://netbeans.org There are 3 fully featured Java IDE's. You have only tried one of them.

steverb 16y ago
Coming from VS I love netbeans for writing Rails code in. I became very spoiled by Visual Studio's ability to let you explore libraries via intellisence. Netbeans is the only Ruby IDE I've found that comes close to letting you do that.
- daveoflynn 16y ago
  IDEA does that rather nicely. Its maven support can reduce your box to a paperweight when it reindexes, but other than that, it's a very nice product indeed. If you're not working on a complex codebase, it is total overkill though.
randomtask 16y ago
I don't have much choice for the project I'm on at the moment, we've standardised on Eclipse, but I'll give it a look in the future. Thanks.
- melling 16y ago
  Why do you need to "standardise" on a Java IDE? Do you standardise on vi, emacs, or Notepad? Can't developers simply use whichever IDE they prefer, keeping the code formatted in the desired format?
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  - kragen 16y ago
    Pair-programming teams often standardize on an IDE, so that when you hand the keyboard to your pair, they don't have to exit your IDE and start up theirs in order to type the next few lines of code. Standardizing on Notepad is a bad idea, because there's no way to enhance it to meet your team needs better.
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brown9-2 16y ago

What are some of your issues with Eclipse? With only 6 weeks in, it might just be a matter of being unfamiliar with certain things or not being aware of others.

guelo 16y ago

It's just a matter of getting used to the way of doing things, like any big app it has its quirks that you just have to know. Learn the keyboard shortcuts, you'll start liking it soon enough.