Re: A good IDE??

From: Paul O'Donnell (odonnellp_at_rogers.com)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:35:02 -0400

Just because it is an IDE it doesn't necessarily have to be a RAD tool.
I love XEmacs in the Linux world myself and I just use it as a text
editor. It is colour highlighting for almost any modern and not so modern
language.

Granted it has everything including the kitchen sink. It takes years to
learn, but you can be productive in a hour learning as you go.

Paul

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:04:55 +0000, Phil Hanna wrote:

>>>> I was wondering witch IDE everybody uses and what IDe do you thinks is a
>>>> good one?
>
> IMHO, new developers should resist the urge to use an IDE until they
> outgrow the value of a text editor and command line compiler.
> Otherwise, all you'll ever learn is an IDE, not Java.
>
> Java is *not* complicated to write. Text editors are *not*
> complicated to use. Javadoc is *not* difficult to read.
>
> I'll admit I've switched to an IDE (Eclipse) after many years of VIM
> and command line, but I know the reasons why, and its *not* to learn
> java.

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