That's a good point Greg, and it applies for me too... I have a number
of different IDEs installed, and on occassion I will use a feature of
one or another... I've pulled stuff into IDEA and used its code
inspectors for example. I've used an Eclipse plug-in here and there
too. So it's not like I *never* touch an IDE, but for me its very
targeted usages, I can't imagine being in any of them all day.
Frank
Greg Reddin wrote:
On Dec 9, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Sean Schofield wrote:
Please keep in mind that there are still a good number of people who do
not use an IDE at all.
Why on earth would you someone do such a thing? Seriously. I'd like
to know :-)
Bragging rights, what else :-)
There are occasions when I simply use vi and ant/maven/etc. either
because I'm wanting to be closer to the bits and know what's going on
or I'm too lazy to start Netbeans or because I'm pissed off at
Netbeans. Then as soon as i have to code a JavaBean with a bunch of
gets/sets I'll fire it up. Or do some refactoring, etc.
So it just depends on my mood. When I feel trapped by the IDE I'll
move it out of the way. When I feel trapped by the command line I fire
up the IDE. Sometimes I like to go without an IDE just so I will not
forget what the IDE is really doing for me.
And sometimes it's because I'm using a new tool and either the IDE
doesn't support it yet or I'm trying to learn it first before I try to
learn how the IDE wants me to use it. Case in point: Creator and
JSF. On my first JSF app I'm doing it at the command line using
NetBeans for coding and maven to build. Then I'll probably do my next
one in Creator so I can see what kind of value it adds.
I used to think people who used multiple IDE's had a death wish, but
now I'm seeing the value in that too. For example, Creator is based on
Netbeans 4, but I like some features in Netbeand 5. So I'm starting to
use Creator in places where it makes sense to do so, Netbeans
elsewhere, and maven to compile/run/test everything. I haven't tried
Eclipse yet :-)
Greg
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