From: Ryan
> Some may think I am joking with this question but in reality I am not. I am curious
>as to the number of people out there
> that do not use IDE's. I find that VI and the JDK allow the ultimate flexibility. I
>have used JBuilder, VC and Oracle
> JDeveloper. Am crazy to do it this way? What's the norm in the programming world? I
>am a consultant and I am the only
> Java developer where I work.
Nothing wrong with using "vi" and the JDK (and I hope "make" :). It is certainly more
flexible than using an IDE.
OTOH, if you are building user interfaces the IDE's can accelerate the
prototype/build/test cycle quite a bit. Even if you do your
final builds using a makefile. You have less flexibility with an IDE, but you can get
more done in less time for some tasks, and
that's all that counts.
If you are trying to build a *good* user interface, maybe you are crazy, or at least
less productive if not using an IDE :).
I've used Visual Cafe from 1.0 on up a fair amount. Mostly for UI related work. If
you are not building a GUI it's less useful.
Not that I would necessarily still recommend VC over other IDE's...
It all depends on what you're doing.
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