Re: Castalia and D2006



"Steve McGrath" wrote:
> I've been a fan of Castalia on D7 for the past 2 years. But now D2006 is
> on the scene with lots of nice features and I'm just wondering if the need
> for IDE enhancements such as Castalia are worth the extra euros. For me
> the Castalia features worth having were the navigation toolbar and
> structural highlighting. Any thoughts on a similar products or should I
> just bite the bullet and upgrade?
> Anyone else here using Castalia on D2006 and what are your impressions?

Hi Steve,

I think it's only a matter of personal prefference. If you think that
Castalia is giving you more than the default IDE and you see this as a good
investment, why not upgrade?

For me, even though I like the structural highlightings done by Castalia
(tried it for a couple of weeks), I can't get used to the speed decrease and
often pauses when coding, which automaticaly come with those nice new
features. So, I've uninstalled it after a few weeks, simply because I
couldn't get used to the pauses.

Even though Castalia wasn't a good choice for me (it was more a hindrance
than help), it doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't like the features
more than those speed costs.

--
Danijel Tkalcec
http://www.deltasoft.hr/rtc/author.htm


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