Re: newbie: which IDE to choose?

R.A.M. wrote:
I have started learning Java in Windows XP and Linux. I am going to programme database applications with web GUI (JDBC, JSP, Servlets, as I understand). I have a question to experienced programmers: which development environment I should choose? I would like to learn IDE that I will (the most probably) use in my future job.

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
There are a pretty good chance that you will end up using
Eclipse or an Eclipse derivative in your future job.

There is also a very good chance that you will encounter JBuilder, Netbeans, Sun Studio, JEdit, ....

All these IDEs have much to recommend them. If you are concerned about being highly employable, I suggest you do two things:

- Learn at least two of the major IDEs out there. If you learn Eclipse you are also learning much of IBM's WebSphere Application Developer (WSAD). If you learn Netbeans you are also learning much of Sun's Studio IDE.

- Learn to use a neutral editor like emacs or vi and to build your applications from the command line using Ant. This will give you understanding so that IDE activities are less mysterious.

I have worked in many shops that had Eclipse or WSAD as a standard but I used my own preferred editor or IDE on my workstation. I do that in my current job. Chance has very little to do with what I use. I also routinely flip between a text editor and the IDE. I also do command-line builds for anything I intend to really release.

If you don't know what is really going on, no IDE can really help you.

- Lew
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