Agreed. I have always despised it. I love JBuilder, but it is expensive. NetBeans or Forte or whatever they call it is very nice, but I still cannot figure it all out.
//Nicholas --- Raymond Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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". > ===== Nicholas Whitehead Home: (973) 377 9335 Cell: (201) 615 2716 Work(@ JP Morgan): (212) 235 5783 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.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".
