   What's wrong with Eclipse?
  For those who haven't heard about Eclipse, it is a very impressive IDE developed in Java. I've been using Eclipse at work for a while now (boss' requirements) and I must say, it's a very nice IDE. I've read on a lot of forums how people bitch about consuming way too much memory, but I must say, I haven't had such problems with it, and I've only got 512mb of ram on my work computer.In any case, I just recently built a system (not entirely complete, but functional), and I'm running Linux (made the full switch, leap of faith, yeah, yeah), and this seems like the best IDE available out there.So, really, I don't see anything wrong with it. Anyone else got any good experience with Eclipse?   
  I've spent a bit of time working with it, and although I didn't use many of the obscure features it offers, I didn't find anything wrong with it. I actually enjoyed working with it. I too would be interested in hearing why people dislike it so much.   ;  I like it for Java work, but still prefer to use vim because that's what I'm used to (and Bicycle Repair Man rocks for refactoring).   ;  I chose to use it when I was doing Java work at IBM last year. By far the best IDE going for Java. I've seen some other Java-like and completely non-Java editors/plugins and they've not been so special. I quite liked the way it was a "developer tool made by developers for developers". Always struck me as pointless statement - who else makes developer tools? [lol]Anyway, most criticisms I've heard revolve around the way it eats RAM like fat people eat chocolate. But these problems can usually be solved by digging around in the config files and command lines. I set my copy of eclipse to allocate a MINIMUM of 256mb RAM and a maximum of 512mb - after that it was silky smooth and not that much slower than VStudio...Bottom line - given the choice I'll go with Eclipse for Java development, but for anything else I'll go with VStudio.Jack   ;  I am not particularly fond of Eclipse. That is most likely because I'm spoiled from Visual Studio. I had a number of issues with Eclipse. The primary issue was sluggishness. It was less responsive than I am used to. It was slower to start, the auto-complete was slower than my typing, etc.. I also did not enjoy the different 'views' concept. For example, I would prefer a menu/submenu for source control rather than having to load an entirely different 'view'.One thing it does have going for it was a good number of cheap utilities. The auto-UML modeler (Umbango I believe?) was decent. In my opinion it is probably the second best IDE available... but that is a very distant second.   ;Quote:Original post by RavuyaI like it for Java work, but still prefer to use vim because that's what I'm used to (and Bicycle Repair Man rocks for refactoring).I hate Vi(m). Why? Because many distro-designers that are making a so called "newbie-friendly" distro get the great idea of only including Vim (no Pico/Nano or emacs).Its probably a great editor, but I still hate it.   ;  I use Visual Studio for C++ (I would use Emacs there except I love the integrated debugger to much) and Emacs for everything else.Quote:Original post by BBBQuote:Original post by RavuyaI like it for Java work, but still prefer to use vim because that's what I'm used to (and Bicycle Repair Man rocks for refactoring).I hate Vi(m). Why? Because many distro-designers that are making a so called "newbie-friendly" distro get the great idea of only including Vim (no Pico/Nano or emacs).Its probably a great editor, but I still hate it.I have yet to see a distro without nano.;  Personally my main problems with Eclipse is it feels a little more sluggish than VS and it's autocomplete just doesn't seem to work as well.  I also prefer the debugger in VS.  However if I'm doing any Java work Eclipse is what I use.   ;  Eclipse is the shizzzz.  I heard that anyone who disagrees will die on 6/6/06.   ;Quote:Original post by BBBQuote:Original post by RavuyaI like it for Java work, but still prefer to use vim because that's what I'm used to (and Bicycle Repair Man rocks for refactoring).I hate Vi(m). Why? Because many distro-designers that are making a so called "newbie-friendly" distro get the great idea of only including Vim (no Pico/Nano or emacs).Its probably a great editor, but I still hate it.vi is teh ghey.   