Re: Any opinions on Sun Java Studio, Eclipse et al?

From: Shane Mingins (shanemingins_at_yahoo.com.clothes)
Date: 04/26/04


Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:02:11 +1200


" Adam Lipscombe" <adam.lipscombe@expensys.com> wrote in message
news:1082985339.69266.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
> Hi Folks,
>
>
> I know this question has been asked a hundred times at least, but I just
> wanted to catch up on the latest opinion prior to making a reccomendation
> for a J2EE development IDE.
>
> I am long-term JBuilder user - JB is great but the cost is staggering.
> I am hearing good things about Eclipse, and the Java Studio from Sun looks
> interesting.
>
> Any opinions?
>

I started to use JBuilder and then someone introduced me to IntelliJ IDEA
... made JBuilder look clunky.

I hear Eclipse is good (and free). Consider Intellij IDEA
http://www.intellij.com/idea/ ... it's around $500 USD but worth every
dollar. See customer comments
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/customers/testimonials.html

Cheers
Shane



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