I do think there are frustrations with Eclipse architecture (I am not sure of the details).
For instance, Xavier did specifically mention the Gradle integration with InteliJ was something they really liked - but also mentioned to me, that they will be integrating it into Eclipse soon (probably just takes more work). I could see some things that are easier to implement in InteliJ never making it into Eclipse, or taking longer to migrate there. Perhaps this will be a more dynamic platform, and Eclipse will be the "Old Workhorse" that is stable, and doesn't change as rapidly. On a side but related subject - Xavier did say that Ant will be deprecated as a build tool, and Gradle is the direction forward. The Gradle tool looks super awesome, and a perfect fit for Android (especially the way you can create multiple build types by creating distinct folders for each - ie. like using resource qualifiers for layouts). The new build tools is very welcome, I have done Maven, which was fairly painful, and Ant, which is limited, but easy. Looks like the new tool is the perfect combo of both. -M On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < [email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 19 May 2013 20:52:08 +0200, Mike Wolfson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It is clear, that they are NOT moving away from Eclipse, but find the >> JetBrains architecture easier to customize in the ways they want (in >> particular, the direct Gradle implementation was one of the things he >> particularly called, and the xml next to visual layout). >> > > Thanks for the info, but your answer still leaves me a doubt. If they like > IDEA more than Eclipse, I assume this means that they can do with IDEA > better things than with Eclipse... right? > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. > "We make Java work. Everywhere." > http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/**blog <http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog> - > [email protected] > -- *************************************************************************** Mike Wolfson Phoenix, AZ, USA Download my app: "Droid Of The Day" from the Android Market -Handpicked Android Apps delivered to your notification bar daily- *************************************************************************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
