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1.why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) Copy to clipboard
Posted by: linux_china
Posted on: 2004-08-27 12:13

希望不要被Eclipse迷打Blush,原文 http://www.intellij.net/forums/thread.jsp?forum=22&thread=107355&tstart=0&trange=15

to say something good about IDEA after some time Wink

I tried Eclipse these days - *although* my time is limited
and I have bugs to fix.
First I was very impressed with 3.0, project setup was
releatively easy, now that I already know how to use
"link to filesystem" for adding source folders.
It has copied most features from IDEA, free profiler plugin
available etc.
I was *VERY* impressed by the startup performance of
Eclipse itself (with big projects open), and also when
launchig apps from Eclipse.
On the other hand, sometimes it was noticably slow to
just navigate to another source file.

Btw., Eclipse has a cyclic buffer for the console output Wink

Other coolnesses in Eclipse:
- if you navigate to a .class you can really easily attach the sources for it. And also E. makes it very clear if the source for a java class is available at multiple locations (jar, folders etc)
- Code templates have access to selection (multi line only)

But here is the downside, that almost drove me mad after
a few hours:
1. Congratulations to the IDEA screen estate
handling!!! With E. I could not get it right to have
sufficient space for the code editor window, while also
the outline is visible.

2. VERY GOOD keyboard support in IDEA,
e.g. for quick fixes that can be accepted by alt enter.
in E. you have to target the gutter icon and doubleclick...

it sounds not that spectacular, but the usabilty of
IDEA is a lot better because of these two items.

Michael Damberger wrote:
> 1. Congratulations to the IDEA screen estate
> handling!!! With E. I could not get it right to have
> sufficient space for the code editor window, while also
> the outline is visible.

You can drag the code outline where you want it to be.

> 2. VERY GOOD keyboard support in IDEA,
> e.g. for quick fixes that can be accepted by alt enter.
> in E. you have to target the gutter icon and doubleclick...

Ctrl + 1 is the the according shortcut in Eclipse.

The problem for "us (IDEA users)" is, that we are used to
keyboard shortcuts in IDEA. Almost all the shortcuts are
also present in Eclipse, but they are diffent.

But I think, IDEA is still a bit ahead of Eclipse in terms of
usability. e.g. Web development is much harder in Eclipse.
There are plugins out there to make this easier, but you have
to invest time to find the right plugin for you.
With IDEA, there is no need for such a plugin.

With IDEA, it is also much easier to find the right plugin for
you thanks to the great plugin manager. In Eclipse you have to
search and install every plugin by hand.

Funny, last few months I spent my spare time playing with
Eclipse - actually did my everyday development there.
The impressions are VERY similar to yours:
- it's very nice and practically all Java dev. features
are there
- what's not there, you can find plugins that add it for
you (code assist, etc.)
- several things are superior to IDEA, for example:
- marking packages with errors (or file tabs)
- filtering (in views, searches, everywhere)
- still, there are areas where IDEA is better:
- keyboard work style support (no mouse)
- JSP (and J2EE in general) is better in IDEA (even very nice
plugin MyEclipse doesn't get close to IDEA)

However, some of the differences can be easily erased:
- Eclipse filtering can be fixed in IDEA by extending the scope
concept to be named persistent and little more flexible
- IDEA keyboard support can be introduced to Eclipse (perhaps just
better default set of shortcuts - to many important actions are
not assigned to anything)
- web dev support in Eclipse will eventually get strong with the
new webtools project (IBM contributing)
- IDEA can again return to UI LaF and update the look to current
trends (the IDEA UI now seems little "retro", even with Windoze L&F)
-? not sure about error marking

Neither of the list can be probably exhaustive. This is just
quick addition from top of my hat.
P.S. Returned to IDEA after all. But will not promise staying here
forever - need JB to stay focused and highly competitive...

2.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: bbbaby
Posted on: 2004-08-27 14:09

Just so so~

3.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: zerol
Posted on: 2004-08-27 14:24

I prefer Eclipse's UI to IDEA's Smile

4.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: xml1123
Posted on: 2004-09-02 13:25

别忘了,至少有一点,Eclipse是开源的,免费的,IDEA呢?

5.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: janage
Posted on: 2004-09-02 20:28

IDEA的默认字体好难看(在WinXP 简体中文下)。

IDEA不免费,如果用不解的东东。个人觉得还不如用JBuilder,虽然JBuilder有不好的地方。

6.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: janage
Posted on: 2004-09-02 20:31

个人觉得现在Windows下最好的开发工具是
VS.Net,Delphi 。可惜都不是Java的开发工具。

所以现在公司用java写代码,个人用c#写东东玩。

7.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: BlurEyes
Posted on: 2004-09-02 21:24

VS.net is rubbish if there is no resharp.

8.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: Starcraft
Posted on: 2004-09-03 00:01

再怎么说我也不会用idea作主ide的...用eclipse习惯了。

我个人非常不习惯idea......

9.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: BlurEyes] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: Jove
Posted on: 2004-09-03 09:06

BlurEyes wrote:
VS.net is rubbish if there is no resharp.


VS.NET的代码编辑确实比较弱

10.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: wongze
Posted on: 2004-09-03 09:16

用习惯IDEA再去用Eclipse,你会感觉到Eclipse的笨拙。毕竟是要付钱,人家很用心的在做,而Eclipse感觉很不稳定,经常出问题。

11.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: janage] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: linux_china
Posted on: 2004-09-03 11:17

janage wrote:
IDEA的默认字体好难看(在WinXP 简体中文下)。

默认的字体确实不好看,你可以适当地调整一下,就没问题啦。字体好看与否,关键还的看个人的审美观吧! Smile

12.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: felexs
Posted on: 2004-09-03 12:26

晕,试了半天都没能在IDEA4.51中搞掂TOMCAT5 JSP调试。好像IDEA的文档太少了。

13.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: amfat
Posted on: 2004-09-08 22:24

IDEA的文档也不算少~~~
我个人感觉IDEA比Eclipse要人性化~~~
毕竟用了很长时间的IDEA和JBUILDER
现在用起Eclipse。因为它免费。用起来心里也舒服。
不过确实感觉IDEA是最优秀的。

14.Re:why IDEA is still better then Eclipse(ZT from www.intellij.net) [Re: linux_china] Copy to clipboard
Posted by: GumPGZ
Posted on: 2004-09-09 12:39

eclipse才是垃圾,eclipse的功能更新总是跟在idea屁股后面,除了插件,swt,
eclispe还不如ue呢


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