NetBeans 5.0 vs Eclipse 3.1?

Question

Can anyone give me the advantages of using NetBeans 5.0 over Eclipse 3.1? I have been to the site and cannot find anything that relates to the advantages of picking the NetBeans IDE. I know that about Matisse in NetBeans is the one advantage but I was looking ofr others. Also if anyone have information on database connectivity in NetBeans

Answer 1

I fear your question will lead more to flames and IDE proselytizing than answers.

I fall into the NetBeans camp and can say that working with Netbeans 5.0 is a pleasure. Particular strengths include the aforementioned Matisee, particular strength in mobile app creation and adherence to Java spec (offical libraries and methodology) in the realm of Swing vs. SWT.

In attempt to find a more neutral reference I submit this news article that highlights some of the differences:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/04/13/77203_16TCnetbeans_1.html

Here is another chap asking the same questions with several responses:

http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t63186.html

Answer 2

Netbeans comes with a great gui builder, and seems organized around drag and drop and "properties editing" type development. Eclipse is definitely focused around Java correctness and making sure what you're typing is correct. Eclipse feels like it's compiling faster, I think it's doing incremental compiles so productivity feels high and is.

If you're not afraid of IDEs that look scary at first, learn Eclipse. I often feel like I don't know Java at all, like I've outsourced my job to it ;)

Refactoring (right click, refactor in the Package view), Autocompletion (Alt-forward slash autocompletes), Search resource (Control shift-r) and constant error highlighting with suggestions make Java coding as easy as recording your thoughts on an mp3 player.

In fact, because it's so powerful, I often write out quick Java sketches, and as I make massive design changes later on, all I have to do is drag and drop with the refactoring option to restructure my app as I want it. Definitely a wonderful thing.

Answer 3

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