which IDE is best?

ringo747 · 27 Oct 2006 at 21:51

Hi guys,

over the next few months il be using the following languages in uni:

java, javascript, php, html, xml, xslt, xpath etc etc

I have dreamweaver already but would like to find another IDE to use with Java.

Anyone recommend me one which encompasses most of the above?

Cheers in advance

Inquisitor · 27 Oct 2006 at 22:05

Eclipse is a very nice IDE for Java especially and should work with PHP, HTML, JavaScript, etc. with the following:
http://www.eclipse.org/php/

ringo747 · 27 Oct 2006 at 22:31

cheers!

Smit · 28 Oct 2006 at 12:59

Eclipse is decent... Alternatively there is Borland JBuilder (I think there is a free version) which IMO is better than Eclipse for Java developement.

chesterstu · 28 Oct 2006 at 13:35

Another vote for eclipse. I use it for Java and PHP, aswell as validating XML. It is great and there are hundreds of plugins for virtually any language

Una · 28 Oct 2006 at 13:53

Eclipse for a free IDE. Intelli-J if you can get a licence for it.

Topgun · 28 Oct 2006 at 14:46

You might as well stick to what your course teaches. Probably netbeans.

serlex · 28 Oct 2006 at 18:52

other day, someone asked if we could use netbeans for Java, teacher was like "NO,NO,NO, not netbeans"

serlex · 28 Oct 2006 at 18:52

delete double post

Una · 28 Oct 2006 at 19:09

Topgun said:
You might as well stick to what your course teaches. Probably netbeans.

Heh, thats like saying stick to blue-j since lots of courses use it for introduction. Horrible program

JonC · 28 Oct 2006 at 19:11

I use eclipse, and it's not too bad. Use it for Java and Ruby/RoR.

Eclipse all the way!

molar · 28 Oct 2006 at 19:48

Whats everyones opinion on Netbeans then? I've never had a problem with it. Using Oracle JDeveloper at work now and Netbeans at home.

JIMA · 28 Oct 2006 at 22:44

I use Netbeans, from version 3 up to 5.5 at the moment. Never had any real problems either with any version. Now I've been using it for some time I find it pretty easy to work with. I've only used Eclipse very briefly so can't compare the two.

The NetBeans IDE is a bit "busy" and takes a little while to get used to where all the bits and pieces are but that's the same with any large IDE. I guess this might make it difficult to use to learn Java, at first I found it sometimes got in the way a bit of what I wanted to do.

There were a few times when it was pretty slow, usually when doing stuff with the appserver but the overall speed seems to have greatly improved in 5.5 . Not sure if this was down to NetBeans or SunOne in any case.