We've been looking into these and so far are most impressed with JBuilder enterprise.
>From: Raymond Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Raymond Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Best IDE ? >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:11:20 -0500 > >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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp =========================================================================== 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".
