tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post111617135233064734..comments2023-05-26T09:52:30.568-04:00Comments on This Old Blog: Netbeans 4.1 RC2 ImpressesBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1121545995582825172005-07-16T16:33:00.000-04:002005-07-16T16:33:00.000-04:00>> Why do you say that the>> best IDE on the marke...>> Why do you say that the<BR/>>> best IDE on the market<BR/>>> is Microsoft's?<BR/><BR/>Because, frankly, it is.<BR/><BR/>>> Usually developers are either in<BR/>>> the Microsoft camp or the Java<BR/>>> camp.<BR/><BR/>I'm in the camp that gives me the right tools to solve the problem at hand. If Java is the right solution for the problem at hand, then the only IDE solutions (for me) are Eclipse or NetBeans. If it's something else, specifically a Microsoft language on Windows, then it's Visual Studio.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1121539678394925832005-07-16T14:47:00.000-04:002005-07-16T14:47:00.000-04:00Why do you say that the best IDE on the market is ...Why do you say that the best IDE on the market is Microsoft's?<BR/><BR/>Usually developers are either in the Microsoft camp or the Java camp. Those on the Microsoft side usually favor Microsoft's IDE and those on the Java side usually prefer one of the Java IDEs.<BR/><BR/>I spend most of my development time using Visual Studio, by far. But I actually think that Eclipse is a better product. I haven't tried out NetBeans although I'm sure it's great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-1120664020935432082005-07-06T11:33:00.000-04:002005-07-06T11:33:00.000-04:00No, Netbeans does not hit the sweetspot of plugins...No, Netbeans does not hit the sweetspot of plugins people need - it lacks some of the most important of all, like the profiler (!) and the visual GC...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com