Paul,
Post by Paul Nichols[TeamB]NetBeans is an integrated IDE. Eclipse is not.
I don't know what you mean by that.
Looking on their site, it appears that UML modeling, Profiling, Visual
Web Application Development, Mobility features, SVN support, SOA
development, and other stuff are not included in the base ide. For
these and other tools, a separate "bundle" download is required.
I'm not saying that is bad, as Eclipse also requires separate "plugin"
downloads.
Post by Paul Nichols[TeamB]Raw Eclipse is dismal. The base tools are no where close to NetBeans out
of the Box.
I think it depends upon what features you need.
For example, if you require GUI (swing) development, Netbeans will be
the best perhaps.
If you want Mylar Integration, or perhaps you are do embedded chip
development in c, or you require integrated php and perl, etc, then
Eclipse may be the logical choice.
If you do not care about JSF Struts or EJB development, that will affect
your choice as well.
All I am saying is that the usefulness of the "bare" edition depends
upon the features you require.
For me personally, bare bones Eclipse is better than enhanced Netbeans,
as I do only standalone development (client apps with no webserver etc)
and I do php, c/c++, embedded pic development, perl and more. But, in
the end, Jbuilder + the extra eclipse plugins I need is the best option
for me.
Post by Paul Nichols[TeamB]It can take days to get a raw Eclipse with tools to make you productive.
It takes about 30 minutes on a high speed connection to get NetBeans ready.
If you like Eclipse, that is fine. Get something like JBuilder to make
it work well, or at the least MyEclipse. Both you have to pay for.
Just for the record, I prefer JBuilder :)
Post by Paul Nichols[TeamB]I think the article was right on! JBuilder is the best, NetBeans 5.5 and
5.5.1 probably second, IMHO.
I agree