On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Brad Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > I'm beginning to investigate the android development env and see that > Eclipse is heavily promoted for both editing and debugging. How > integrated, or how important, is the use of Eclipse for android > development? Unless you are well-versed in Java, XML, ANT and how this platform integrates the above with resources and how tightly integrated all these parts are, I'd say you would be a fool not to use Eclipse. If you're familiar with Java ME or BREW, it might not be as painful for you. Will I be losing out by using another editor (I use vi)? I'm a vi(m) guy and I m loving Eclipse. I do screw up switching back and forth between them (some things are just better in vi(m)) but I've gotten used to it. There are vi bindings for Eclipse, but I've not installed it yet. > And what about debugging? It's awesome. While the Perl debugger is very capable, I never realized how much I missed a GUI debugger. There's also a scary looking hardware debugger thingie call DDMS (IIRC) that looks pretty powerful but I've not needed to use it yet. And the Google App Engine plugin makes debugging GAE apps a breeze (no more print statements scattered through your web app). > Those using Eclipse, how well did you adapt to Eclipse > and the android plugin? I am a hard-core command line guy. I have come to love Eclipse. I would have never been able to tackle and Android app without it; the plugin takes care of much of the drudgery work so you can get to learning the framework (which is a major chore in and of itself). Use the Eclipse and the Android plugin. you can always go back to vi later if it suits you, but I don't think it will. -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
