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Is it worth paying for other IDEs than using eclipse for free
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Tarun Agasti
Greenhorn
Joined: Apr 01, 2003
Posts: 1
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Dear all,
I am evaluating if it is worth paying for an IDE or using Eclipse for free. Please suggest me the best IDE among Eclipse (FREE), Jbuilder, IDEA or any other.
Regards
Tarun
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Chris Hall
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Joined: Dec 04, 2002
Posts: 39
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I like Gel, a freeware Java and JSP IDE that runs natively on Windows.
http://www.gexperts.com/
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Andy Bowes
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Joined: Jan 14, 2003
Posts: 171
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I love IDEA. It saves me loads of time compared to other IDEs and it doesn't take too long to recover the initial outlay with productivity benefits.
The latest version of Eclipse look a lot better but it's still not quite as productive, at least for me. At the end of the day it is all down to personal preferences, what you need to do and how you work. Basically you need an IDE that doesn't get in the way of developing the application.
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Andy Bowes<br />SCJP, SCWCD<br />I like deadlines, I love the whoosing noise they make as they go flying past - Douglas Adams
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Sonny Pondrom
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Joined: Jun 05, 2001
Posts: 128
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I have tried working without IDE (good for learning Java) and then use Forte for Java for awhile. Overall it is better, but I found that building GUI was not straight forward and I did better without it. Now I am using NetBeans and find it much better. I have not used the GUI yet, but suspect it will be like the other.
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Ashik Uzzaman
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Joined: Jul 05, 2001
Posts: 2370
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Ya Sun One Studio [Forte] or NetBeans [actually almost same] are good.
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Ashik Uzzaman
Senior Member of Technical Staff,
Salesforce.com, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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