NetBeans 6.0: It Still Sucks
Wednesday, 5. December 2007, 05:04:59
My first real encounter with NetBeans was a long time ago when I was forced to use Forte CE 2.0 in a new company I was working at. Forte was a total disappointment. Then NetBeans 3.5 came out and we upgraded to it. But it was still useless and crappy. Especially compared to OmniCore CodeGuide, JBuilder, and Symantec VisualCafe that were popular those days (actually OmniCore CodeGuide was not very popular but it was my favorite editor back then.)
Whenever a new version of NetBeans is released I download it and give it a try. A few days ago I downloaded NetBeans 6.0 RC2 to evaluate it and guess what? It still sucks. It has improved a fair bit, but alas, its editor still is not on par with IDEA and Eclipse. And for me, the editor is the IDE. No matter how feature-rich an IDE is, without an elegant editor, it is next to useless.
Currently I am evaluating NetBeans 6.0's Ruby and RoR support. It is sure better than jEdit, but again, it is not even close to IDEA. I will have to give RadRails a try as well.
Whenever a new version of NetBeans is released I download it and give it a try. A few days ago I downloaded NetBeans 6.0 RC2 to evaluate it and guess what? It still sucks. It has improved a fair bit, but alas, its editor still is not on par with IDEA and Eclipse. And for me, the editor is the IDE. No matter how feature-rich an IDE is, without an elegant editor, it is next to useless.
Currently I am evaluating NetBeans 6.0's Ruby and RoR support. It is sure better than jEdit, but again, it is not even close to IDEA. I will have to give RadRails a try as well.
