Looks like it’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE) season again…
Eclipse 3.1 is just around the corner with the first release candidate (RC1) now available for download. Support for Java 5.0 is the biggest thing on the list that I like, though support for Ant 1.6 is nice too. It might be time for me to give this thing a try…
NetBeans 4.1 is now out, and is getting some requisite post-release buzz from Sun. This free IDE that forms the foundation of Sun’s Java Studio Creator and Java Studio Enterprise IDEs now provides its own support for Web development with J2EE 1.4 support, and mobile development for MIDP-capable devices. NetBeans was the subject of a live chat hosted by Sun in May. The transcript is now available for more casual perusal.
JBuilder continues to hype its use of Eclipse as the foundation for future versions. In its just-announced product roadmap, Borland announced that JBuilder 2006 will ship before the end of the year with expanded team development features, such as shared code views and debugging sessions. The much-hyped “Eclipsed” version of JBuilder will ship next year, and is codenamed “Peloton”.
IntelliJ IDEA isn’t standing still either. JetBrains is offering free upgrades to version 5.0 when it is released to anyone who will have bought version 4.5 after May 1st. As always, early access versions of IntelliJ IDEA are free to use up until release.
June 7th, 2005 at 1:12 am
Macromedia aligns with Eclipse
June 7th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
Well, they never had much choice in the matter, did they?
June 9th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
I like Eclipse and have been using it for my PHP based projects using the PHPEclipse plugin. My main problem with Eclipse is that it doesn’t do ‘word wrap’ which stinks for writing HTML based templates.
October 17th, 2005 at 4:56 am
[…] All of the Java IDE announcements I reported on a few months back have come to fruition, with recent releases of Eclipse 3.1, NetBeans 5.0 Beta, IntelliJ IDEA 5.0 and Borland JBuilder 2006. […]
February 9th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
[…] Up until this announcement, the next step in JBuilder’s evolution was to be its reincarnation on the Eclipse platform, codenamed Peloton, with some of the base components to be open sourced. The rights to this in-development product will go to whichever company buys Borland’s IDE business, but until that happens, and the new company announces its intentions, it’s safe to say that JBuilder’s future—in any form—is in definite jeopardy. Tags: JBuilder, Java, IDE […]