I wonder about the wisdom of Java IDE wars. Anyway, I’d say the unique features of NetBeans are:
— NetBeans is simply a GUI on top of the command line, e.g., it is a GUI on top of the Maven command line where other IDEs have their own abstractions and complexities to force e.g. Maven to work in the IDE. Same for Gradle — in both cases the pom.xml and Gradle build file are recognized and the folder containing them can be opened and no import process is needed. — NetBeans is an Apache project driven by its community, where the others are commercial projects tied to companies or to the Eclipse Foundation which is very different to Apache. (Apache projects are driven by individual contributors, while Eclipse Foundation is pay-for-play.) — NetBeans is the original Java IDE and still used by James Gosling, one of the key people in Sun who incorporated it into Sun. Thanks to the Apache process and the strength of its brand, NetBeans had by far the most stable future. Indeed, the quarterly cycle, created completely by its community and especially 11.1 release manager Neil, is a sign of its strength and promise. Gj On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 20:30, Kenneth Fogel <[email protected]> wrote: > At Code One this year I will be presenting with Jeanne Boyarsky and Scott > Selikoff a session titled Java IDE Wars. I am working on my list of talking > points for NB. Please suggest any part of NetBeans that makes it superior > to Eclipse, IntelliJ or Visual Studio Code. Are there features that users > assume does not exist in NetBeans but does?. Last week I got NB 11.1 > working on the new Raspberry Pi 4 w/ 4 Gig RAM. Next will be to determine > that remote debugging still works from NB on a Win PC to a Pi. > > One significant feature is the quarterly updates. I may not be too happy > with Java's 6 month cycle but for an IDE to be successful it does need to > be more responsive to its community thru frequent and regular updates. > > Please let me know what you think I should discuss should you have the > time. > > Thanks, > > Ken Fogel > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
