Re: A constructive debate: Eclipse or NetBeans?

Lew wrote:
Michele 'xjp' wrote:
Hi there,
I've been using Eclipse for a while.
However, I've tried NetBeans recently.
Here is my point:

Eclipse:
+ more speed and stability than NetBeans
+ more plugins available
+ better refactoring support than NetBeans

NetBeans:
+ more clean than Eclipse in managing plugins and installs
+ better support for creating GUIs than Eclipse

What do you think?

I think the refactoring support in NetBeans is on a par with that in Eclipse. I also find NetBeans equivalently stable.

While Eclipse has "more plugins available", NetBeans has more functionality built into the core product, so extra plugins aren't as necessary. I'd say that one tilts toward NetBeans.

I discern no speed difference between the two. On what are you basing the claim that Eclipse has "more speed"? What metric of speed?

I find the UI for NetBeans much easier for me to use, and deployment of Web and Enterprise projects is much smoother in NetBeans. NetBeans's options are much easier for me to configure, especially in the area of mounting databases and application servers.

For the record, I use both Eclipse (and its IBM productized version, WSAD) and NetBeans extensively, and have for years.

YMMV.

I vaguely remember that NetBeans GUI builder used some non-standard Java classes - I didn't like this, and I use Eclipse for my Console Java and Swing Java projects. I prefer Eclipse for regular Java work, through I cannot remember concrete Eclipse advantages. It seems that starting debugging sessions in Eclipse is little bit more natural, You more clearly see what you are debugging now. Also NetBeans method of library management is too complicated.
I, however, use NetBeans exclusively for Servlets and JSP programming. I was unable to achieve such functional debugging environment for servlets and JSP in Eclipse.
I don't remember noticing very visible speed differences between NetBeans and Eclipse.
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