I thought I would forward this along. Over the past month or so, it has been my experience that most Java developers are unhappy with the debuggers they use (or just the tools in general), so I figured that finding a good stand-alone debugger was worth sharing...
The link is in the original mail at the bottom of the reply chain. Jason Boehle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jason Boehle Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 10:44 AM To: 'Hall, John' Subject: RE: EjbJar parameters John, I too was displeased with VA, Metamata, and all of the IDE debuggers I tried. Yes, we have been using it for over a month now (since the beta2 version). All of the developers using it (about half the team) love it. Yes, it may not be as fast as a native application, but it seems to be a very robust product, so I can live with it. For example, we have a function that contains a HUGE switch statement. Neither the Cafe or CodeWarrior debuggers could step into that function without crashing; BugSeeker can. BugSeeker does not require any debug info above and beyond what the Sun javac generates. Another feature of BugSeeker is the ability to debug apps running in a remote JVM. For example, you could run WebLogic under a JVM with JPDA support, passing in the correct command-line parameters, therefore allowing BugSeeker to connect and debug EJBs remotely in their native runtime environment! I am very happy with the support of the product. I have posted several issues and feature requests on their support forums, and almost always have received a response in a few hours. My biggest concern is WHY are they only charging $195? =) Jason Boehle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Hall, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 9:58 AM To: 'Jason Boehle' Subject: RE: EjbJar parameters Hey, thanks Jason. Do you use this tool? My development team is looking for a good debugger and so far have had no luck. Visual Cafe can't run your app unless you work within their projects, which have a large number of problems. VisualAge requires that you use their repository (which only accepts java files). We looked at Metamata, but that expects you to use their java compiler which puts byte codes in the classes that are unreadable by WebLogic (and probably other app servers/tools as well). Any input you may have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. john -----Original Message----- From: Jason Boehle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 8:41 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: EjbJar parameters > (BTW, this is THE COOLEST development tool I have seen in a really long > time.) Take a look at the Karmira BugSeeker 2 stand-alone debugger, http://www.karmira.com/. If you thought Ant was cool... Jason Boehle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
