Author: James Swafford
Date: 10:08:57 08/10/04
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On August 10, 2004 at 09:15:35, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On August 10, 2004 at 09:04:17, James Swafford wrote: > >[snip] > >>KDevelop isn't bad. These days I use Eclipse for all my Java and C/C++ >>development. http://eclipse.org > >Could you perhaps elaborate a little about your experience with the CTD-plugin >of Eclipse? > I've been using Eclipse for a Java "work" project for a while. I really like the plug-in architecture of Eclipse. That said, the focus of Eclipse is still on Java development (and it itself is Java based). So-- you have to have a JRE or SDK installed. Not a problem for me; I'm a Java developer. :) Wouldn't be a big deal for most Linux users. Of course the JRE is available to Windows users for free as well. My first stab at using the Eclipse CDT plugin did not go well, and this was only about six or eight months ago. At the time I was using Eclipse 2.something. I think I did the manual install. I had a really hard time even getting Eclipse to recognize the plugin. Getting it to work involved deleting some metadata that wiped out my workbench for my existing work project. My stuff is in CVS, so that was ok; just a bit irritating. I finally did get everything going and used it happily for a month or so. Sometime after that I started using KDevelop (just to try it). I found it to be 'ok', but I liked Eclipse better. Not so much because of the features (I really don't use that many), but because I use Eclipse so much already, and I like it's look and feel. I also like the CVS support in Eclipse. I decided to swith back. Before doing so, I upgraded to Eclipse 3.0. I installed the CDT plugin (and the JBoss IDE plugin) using the Eclipse software update feature... it worked beautifully. I also copied my entire directory into the Eclipse workspace directory (in my home directory), but you can set up an 'external project'. I haven't fully explored all the features available through Eclipse. I still manage my own makefile and do my builds and test runs from a console. But- you can access the console within the IDE. On a more philosophical note- I like the goals of the Eclipse project. I like the idea of having a common (useful) IDE, and I like the plug-in architecture. Beautiful. :) -- James >Sargon
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