First Impressions with NetBeans 5.0
Well I decided to see the other Java IDE out there, NetBeans. Installation was easy, considering they give me an installation executable unlike Eclipse with just the zip file. It provides an icon that I just double click to launch it. So far so good.
When the application loaded (which wasn't too too long), I was presented with a rather clean (though too candy UI). Though the use of screen real estate is comparable to Eclipse, it still doesn't match what Eclipse VS Skin does and I couldn't easily find the option to change the skin if it is even available.
The UI is probably done in Swing, I find it a bit less responsive (like a few milliseconds here and there) than Eclipse's SWT, though most normal people shouldn't notice it.
One of the nice part about NetBeans is it includes the equivalent of Eclipse WTP out of the box. I used JBoss as the J2EE server (since I didn't want to have yet another application server on my machine), and setting it up was smooth.
However, like WTP, it doesn't feel as smooth as WSAD 5.1's WebSphere Test Environment when doing development. I still can't modify a JSP and have it reflect on the browser immediately.
Well that's as far as I went with NetBeans. I'll probably look at it a bit later, but not any time soon.
When the application loaded (which wasn't too too long), I was presented with a rather clean (though too candy UI). Though the use of screen real estate is comparable to Eclipse, it still doesn't match what Eclipse VS Skin does and I couldn't easily find the option to change the skin if it is even available.
The UI is probably done in Swing, I find it a bit less responsive (like a few milliseconds here and there) than Eclipse's SWT, though most normal people shouldn't notice it.
One of the nice part about NetBeans is it includes the equivalent of Eclipse WTP out of the box. I used JBoss as the J2EE server (since I didn't want to have yet another application server on my machine), and setting it up was smooth.
However, like WTP, it doesn't feel as smooth as WSAD 5.1's WebSphere Test Environment when doing development. I still can't modify a JSP and have it reflect on the browser immediately.
Well that's as far as I went with NetBeans. I'll probably look at it a bit later, but not any time soon.
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