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I didn't use JBuilder, perhaps it was wonderful. Until IDEA (and Eclipse) most people I knew were using their favorite text editor, such as Emacs, vi, or Notep
by projektfu 6y ago
I didn't use JBuilder, perhaps it was wonderful. Until IDEA (and Eclipse) most people I knew were using their favorite text editor, such as Emacs, vi, or Notepad++. Each one had some benefits, but I never had that ease of use I had when IDEA came out. This is all subjective, but I'm surprised people thought that the ergonomics of the language were pretty good before 2000.
- qw 6y agoAt work (2001) we used JBuilder, and it was a real productivity boost for me. The GUI felt very natural and powerful. Borland knew how to make good IDEs.
- xxs 6y agoFor what is worth - I used it even earlier and I still remap the most used shortcuts to JBuillder's ones, e.g. ctrl+- to open classes. The shortcuts were somewhat optimized for use of both hands on the keyboard w/o mouse. I still prefer not to use mouse when I code.