To sum up some arguments against my post contents :
> we don't want IDEA to be another JBuilder
Neither do I : I left JBuilder for IDEA a few months ago.
> my laptop is limited to 192MB, max.
Mine is a P200, with 96MB
> the desired extra goodies should be available through some type
> of plugin architecture
Let's remember what is the object of our love :
the CODE.
I want my code simple and clean.
The metrics auditing and simple code smell detectors I'm asking for are
no more "goodies" than a spellchecker is to a word processor.
I don't expect to find one in the free Notepad, but I do in any Word
Processor.
> BIG=SLOW...unless you have unlimited memory.
You could ship Tomcat, 3 JVM and the entire J2EE to the build without
making it run a tad slower. It could just become a little more integrated,
and stable.
BTW, will the Tomcat integration come back some day?
> If you want an editor that does everything, switch to forte/netbeans.
> ..
> You CANNOT have an IDE which does everything and is also blindingly fast ..
Well guys, make your choice : is it an editor, or is it an IDE.
If it's just an editor, then it's pricey, and it misses macros.
If it's an IDE, then it's OK, but it's not finished.
This makes me wonder if :
type 1 people call IDEA an "editor" ?
type 2 people call IDEA an intelligent "IDE" ?
> wizard...
I don't want a wizard to deploy to WebSpere, or create a Swing UI.
but,
I'd like a simple way to create a project with enough default stuff in it,
based on its type (applet, application, web site, ..), to make a quick start.
Currently, I use a zipped skeletton with Tomcat, JUnit, log4j, some simple
templates for Velocity, that I uncompress copy over the default project
created
by IDEA.
To conclude, this is about CODE, CODE, CODE, and CODE.
I don't want IDEA to try to mimic JBuider on the wizard side,
or Together on the UML side,
but
I want it to be the best tool on the market to
- create,
- understand,
- refactor
- manage
java code based project.
To create a new project, I could use some form of templating.
Why does IDEA only create the /src directory, and not /classes, /javadoc,...
To understand better the code, I can use some higher level viewing tool :
- the class/method browser
- UML class diagram
To refactor better, I'd need to find code hot spots, with bad smells
- dead code finder (not remover !!)
- metrics based code smell detector
- non metrics based code smell detector (why not)
To manage projects better, I'd like some more team features.
And I didn't even mention my ideas around XP
- Acceptance tests results reporting
- Mock Objects
- construct from call on STEROIDS
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