On 28/01/2003 9:52 AM, "Quinton McCombs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I created a Wiki page for documenting how to configure the various > serlet containers and IDEs for debugging. I only added Tomcat and > IntelliJ because that is what I use :-). If you are using a different > configuration and you know how to setup the debugging to work, please > add to this page. This has been a fairly common topic. > > http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?JakartaTurbineIDEDebugging I switched from IDEA to Eclipse recently. I haven't yet had the need to debug anything, but here are a few advantages/disadvantages over IDEA: Eclipse Pro: + Uses less memory and can handle way more open projects within the same memory footprint. + Much better CVS integration, can produce and apply unidiff patches, excellent repository synchronization facilities (working on Apache projects was a real pain with IDEA, but is a breeze with Eclipse). + There is a velocity plugin available that provides syntax highlighting and code completion (there is something basic for IDEA available on the velocity site) + Can easily configure maven steps into the build process. + Eclipse supports hot-swap debugging (I haven't tried it yet) Eclipse Con: - IDEA has pretty good caching and seems to work faster as long as you have a whole bunch of memory allocated to it (but the speed of the UI and incremental compiles in Eclipse makes up for it). - IDEA seemed to have better search/replace facilities across files. Note that I am using the latest integration builds of Eclipse 2.1 (provides even more features than 2.1 M4) which seems pretty stable. It also supports Mac OS X (which was one of the prime reasons I selected IDEA over Eclipse in the past). It is taking me a little while to transition myself from IDEA to Eclipse (mostly finger habits) but it has overall been worth the effort. I am quite surprised to be promoting something over IDEA - I used to wax fantastic over IDEA all of the time (IDEA 3.0 is probably still ahead of Eclipse 2.0 however). Cheers, Scott -- Scott Eade Backstage Technologies Pty. Ltd. http://www.backstagetech.com.au .Mac Chat/AIM: seade at mac dot com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
