(let me preface by saying I do way more ruby development than java development, but I use jedit for doing ruby, and I've used eclipse and netbeans as well)
My favorite bits of using an IDE would be syntax highlighting, some kind of "Project File Manager" that makes it easy to navigate files, and built-in syntax checking. Most good text editors have the first two features, but I don't know of any that will tell me I'm missing a } or something when I hit Save. The other bonuses to using an IDE: Autocompletion: I usually turn it off - it drives me up a wall. Built-in consoles: well, since this is linux, I have all the consoles I need, and they run much better than one running inside an IDE Structure/Class Browser: definitely useful, and I like having this around when working in large files - I don't like the "folding" feature some editors have - I like using a Structure Browser to help me manage code instead So it's a toss-up for me - which is why I use jedit I think. Most IDEs are pretty modular, but I think jedit starts from a more basic starting point and I feel like I'm starting off with a text editor and only loading the IDE features I really want. - Jason L. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Barrett > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:02 AM > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Java programming on linux (IDE,emacs,vi what?) > > I think the question is, are you willing to commit to an IDE, > or are you just happier with a decent editor? > > (and of course the line blurs around do-it-all editors, meh) > > ben > > > On 4/9/07, Jason LaPier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I personally don't like Eclipse as much - I get along with jedit. > > Netbeans is decent; I'm really liking the new NetBeans 6 in > development. > > I can see myself using that more often as it becomes more stable. > > > > - Jason L. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of larry price > > > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 10:18 AM > > > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group > > > Subject: [Eug-lug] Java programming on linux (IDE,emacs,vi what?) > > > > > > I'v had call to work with java on occasion recently, but it looks > > > like I'll be needing to do more with it soon. > > > > > > Up until now I've always attacked it with emacs, and not > worried too > > > much about grander productivity issues. I'd like to ask > if anyone on > > > this list is doing larger projects in Java, and if so > what tools are > > > you using in the way of IDEs, profilers and deployment toolchains. > > > > > > Features I'm interested in are things like class-browser, method > > > name autocompletion and automating as much of the cruft > out my way > > > as possible. > > > > > > And obviously I'm looking for things that play well with *nix > > > operating systems. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > EUGLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
