For me, the biggest question is transition cost. I am an Eclipse user
wanting something more. And many developers I respect have found Ideal
to be more productive. I agree, $400 for a tool that makes me more
productive is nothing. But you don't get instant productivity. If the
transition costs me a week of work, the cost of the tool is actually
much greater.
I recently downloaded a trial of Idea and found that my extensive
library of Eclipse projects didn't easily port to Idea. Further other
members of my team are using Eclipse. Ideally, the tool I choose to
use should not affect other members of my team. After my initial
experience, I am not so sure. Most of these problems are likely
ignorance on my part, but it was not clear to me where I needed to go
to get answers.
I welcome a talk on Idea for Eclipse users. It might be just what I
need to reduce the transition cost.
On Aug 14, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Chad Woolley wrote:
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:23 AM, William H. Mitchell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just like last year, a lunch-time show of hands at NFJS for "Who uses
Eclipse?" seemed to raise just about every hand in the room. And,
just like
last year, a follow-up from Neal Ford -- "Who'd still use Eclipse
if they
had to pay $400 for it?" -- made every one of those hands disappear.
(*)
I use IntelliJ Idea and TextMate mainly now. I gotta say, I think
eclipse sucks next to Idea. If you are into a full-blown IDE (in
other words, don't like textmate/VIM/Emacs/etc), intelliJ is the best
one. ANd I gotta say, if you are a software developer and cannot
afford top spend $400 to get a top-of-the-line tool that you will use
every day of your professional life, then you should start looking for
a different job :)
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