On Monday, September 16, 2002, at 01:59 AM, Olivier SCHMITT wrote:
> >> Olivier SCHMITT wrote: >>> hi, i'm currently building a Java IDE with ant support. >> >> Either you're really really good do not like any of the open-source >> IDE's enough to extend them to your tastes (NetBeans, Eclipse, jEdit) >> or you're insane! > > I'am not insane ! :o))) This ide is a demo to show my java skills. > I'am unemployed ... :o((((( From my own experience on both sides of the table, employers are most impressed by practical and actualized job skills. (In english - show that you know how to do something they want, and show that you have done it already.) After all, if you can already do at least one thing they want done, they get clear benefits by hiring you. An IDE is a big task, and one that is likely to while away many happy hours. That said, with any luck, you will be employed before you finish it, and so it will not be a complete project to show during the interviews. You might be far, far better served by picking a project already in progress, and fixing bugs. My choices would probably be something like ANT, Maven, or CruiseControl, as we use the one, and will likely use the other two at some point. The key benefits are showing an interviewer that you are intimately familiar with the tool and how it helps them, and that you are able to work with a large existing code base. Further, you do not lose the ability to bring in code samples. Your call, of course, and the exact project depends on what you want to accomplish. If learning Swing GUIs is the goal, for example, an HTML based build system is not the best route. > Anyway, Netbeans and Eclipse are too slow even on a good pc ( i own a > P3 1Ghz 256 Mo) Throw more RAM. I found Eclipse got quite usable once I had a 512M machine. Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
