There’s more Eclipse-converts than we know
OK, ya… so I ain’t afraid to admit that I’m an IDEA fanboy. So what do you think I did when I saw my new colleague whips out his Eclipse in his first day at work? That’s right–I tried to convert him. Any time you try to change someone’s habit, you got to be really really careful though. The wrong approach could make for an uneasy relationship down the road. My observations revealed to me it was doable. It wasn’t easy but I was convinced that if he would give it an honest trial then he would never go back to that crappy Eclipse. Boy I was right!
So I met him recently (we’re both with different employers now) that he told me he has officially been “converted.” While I’m not surprised, but that news brought a smile to my face which, then, leads me to think that there’s a lot more Eclipse-converts than we know. So where are you all at?
September 19th, 2007 at 2:43 am
What I really hate is people that use Eclipse on their daily work and haven’t event tried IDEA (or any other of the major IDEs). I mean, this is completely crazy for a developer who spends 80% of their time or more in front of a tool. You need to be able to pick the one you like and that makes you more productive, you have to be able to evaluate and choose. My god, some developers even say that they are not given a choice, that the project has decided which IDE you are supposed to use. Come on, are we monkeys? This is ridiculous, every time I hear that I explain why it’s insane and then I continue using IDEA. It’s never been a problem.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:15 am
I totally agree with you.
I see this phenomenon that you described everyday around me and it’s annoying. But what can you do? Most people don’t really like to change their working environment no matter what you say. Then some people always love to use the “but it is free and with lots of plug-ins” argument for Eclipse or NetBeans or (insert your favorite IDE here) but it gets tiresome quickly. All I know is that I am still developing with Java today because of IDEA. As a pure Java editor, IMO, there’s not another competitor in the rear-view. I hope it stays this way for awhile.
October 19th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
I am going through a conversion right now. I am in my second week with IDEA and I have to say that I really, really like it. There are a couple of things I still have to do with Eclipse, but they are fading quickly. One thing I still cannot live without is the Hibernate Console in Eclipse. The one in IDEA is not bad, but the one in Eclipse is better.
I plan on covering IDEA either in an appendix of Seam in Action or in a companion article.