<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Troy A. Griffitts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scribe@crosswire.org">scribe@crosswire.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey Guys,<br>
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Sorry for this slightly off-topic email, but since JBuilder folded I've been lost.<br>
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I have tried and tried and TRIED to like Eclipse, but after years of trying, I'm giving up. My conclusion is that Eclipse barely functions when I finally get all the disparate pieces and tools updated and configured how they're supposed to be. It's sad. It's a great concept, but in practice, it does not compare to a commercial tool integrated and packaged by a single organization-- which I fear is the same for our software sometimes.<br>
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But anyway, I'll end my rant and reflection at that.<br>
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Can anyone suggest a new tool for me to try? I'm considering NetBeans, only because I know of no others.<br></blockquote><div><br>I've not tried Netbeans since I ran away crying in the 3.x days. They say it's come a long way since then.<br>
<br>For years it was a 2 horse race between Eclipse and Intellij. The latter is commercial with free licenses for OS dev.<br><br>Many people were very insistent that Intellij was waay ahead, much faster and with a stack more features. Personally I've not found that, and bar the crashyness been generally happy with Eclipse, but I'm probably in the minority.<br>
<br>The licenses are given out on a per project basis, and I'm sure you would qualify. IIRC I've been granted licenses for both JSword and DWR, and I'd be happy to forward you a key if you need one. (That's the way it works - I'm not doing anything dodgy)<br>
<br>Joe.<br><br></div></div>