Comments on: IDEA is Not Enterprisey

By: Cesar

Cesar — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:54:25 +0000

Idea Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:43:33 +0000

I am forced to use IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere at work. It blows. You have to remember all kinds of quirks (like manually saving your files before running). I use it to autogenerate web service stubs for my EJB’s. then move the project to Idea. What really blows is that if I need to ask the tech lead a question, I have to go back to RAD. I also have to check in my RAD project to CVS. I pray daily for a return to Ant or Maven. It takes 25 grueling GUI commands in hidden submenus of hidden menus to build a project from scatch (to our spec.).

By: Davo

Davo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:05:22 +0000

>>Really smart people all left Java …
Really smart people *never started* Java …

By: Charles Miller

Charles Miller — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:55:21 +0000

Better, presumably, than writing out class files in binary through an interface that works by slapping yourself in the face for a 0, and punching yourself in the groin for a 1.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:45:36 +0000

@raveman: Better than what?!

By: raveman

raveman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:24:55 +0000

you guys are just cheap, buy IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere – its better

By: t800t8

t800t8 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:41:38 +0000

I got my free license (for v7) when I use EAP versions and report bugs. No enterprisey IDE vendor did it.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:16:47 +0000

I got my free license via their open source program. But I loved it so much I bought it with my own bucks so I could use it for other projects.

By: Michael Easter

Michael Easter — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:04:37 +0000

re: #10. One might get a free Idea license by attending a StL JUG meeting. They often raffle one off, donated by JetBrains. I suspect that this happens at many JUGs. (This is yet another reason to attend a local JUG.)

Also, I forgot my own post: they contributed back to the Groovy project (the joint Java/Groovy compiler). A touch of icing on the cake (i.e. the above list).

That said, I do think it is a substantive debate on buying a personal license. My motto: give me Idea if someone else is paying, otherwise I’ll take Eclipse

By: !root

!root — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:32:00 +0000

Uses RAD 7 everyday:

* – Nope, it is.
** – Than plain eclipse, it is. Than IDEA, it really is.
*** – Oh yea, try 1GB heaps to even keep it remotely running well.