Beaware- I have been a big fan of WebGain Studio but have found it to be continually "fragile" in release after release. Some problems were major such as corrupt projects resulting in loss of deployment descriptor info
> -----Original Message----- > From: Omar Tazi [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Best IDE ? > > If you are targeting Weblogic or iPlanet (or even Tomcat), your best bet > is > > WebGain Studio. JSP or any type of debugging is great and very easy to > use. > > -Omar > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Duque [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 6:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Best IDE ? > > > Swaminathan, > > Depends. If coding for WAS 3.5.x, VAJ EE has some advantages because of > the tight coupling between the two products, but the Smalltalk code > underlying VAJ renders it rather limited and inappropriate (unit testing > is > essentially a contrived simulation that frequently produces inaccurate > results). Moreover, it is really limited in complying with full J2EE > specs, but then so is WAS. > > If coding for WAS 4.0 is the proposition, a far better product than WAS > 3.5.x, then of the currently available IDEs VAJ should be your last choice > for the reasons stated. JBuilder Enterprise Edition would be vastly > better, and Forte 3.0 (either Internet if one does need the EJB templates > or Enterprise Editon if one prefers them) would also be superior. > Although > with Forte for Java 3.0 Enterprise Edition, unit testing might be more > difficult in the absence of a WAS plug in. > > However, the WebSphere Studio Application Developer, which is currently > available only in Preview Edition (i.e., beta), unless you are among the > really fortunate few, is hands down the best product for WAS 4.0. It is > really well integrated, has a real WAS test environment, is geared for > J2EE > development-- the paradigm is different from the other IDEs, which are > essentially patterned after the MS Visual Studio and its ancestors. It is > due shortly for full release. It would be well worth the wait, and well > worth testing. > > Cheers, > > Carlos > > At 12:17 AM 10/18/01, Swaminathan K N wrote: > >Hi , > > > >Although its slightly off topic, I would like to ask this. How does the > IDEs > >for Java like IBM Visual Age for Java , Borland J Builder compare. Which > is > >more suited for J2EE development and what are the strengths and > weaknesses > >of these products ??? > > > >Thanks, > >Swaminathan K.N. > > > >========================================================================= > == > >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > body > >of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ========================================================================== > = > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > body > of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > > ========================================================================== > = > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the > body > of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
