I like eclipse too. It's the only editor that I know of that
- I can configure to handle spaces/tabs/line endings the way I like (for example: I use tabs, but when I open a file that someone else made that uses spaces to indent code, the editor should understand this and use spaces instead)
- works great with git
- the package explorer is functional and gives a lot of info about the files I am working on
- works great as js editor
- works great as java editor (refactor/rename stuff, generate getters and setters/override methods, ...)
- the outline view is really useful
What makes me angry every time with eclipse tho, is that it is so awkwardly slow to startup, and the pauses it makes when building stuff in the background.
If someone knows of a better editor that can do the things above, is quicker and mybe uses less memory too, I am sold.
For the record I haven't been writing java stuff for quite a long time, but recently have to help port a library to Java.
One thing with the whole "IDE" thing is that they are actually quite slow. I use sublime for my other interests (web, dynamic languages, etc.) and didn't find any problems and also could do all those magic things like line endings, respecting tabs or spaces for indentation. The only thing sublime don't provide is the constant need for refactoring and complex requirement of autocomplete down to import names. They are mostly because of Java.
> If someone knows of a better editor that can do the things above, is quicker and mybe uses less memory too, I am sold.
I honestly just dumped hardware on the problem. Get an SSD and a bit more ram and Eclipse is very fast - even startup is very quick for me. It's a lot cheaper to buy an SSD than it is to spend hours looking for another solution when the current one works fine. I don't have any pauses anymore.
You must have low standards when it comes to JS editing then. Eclipse doesn't properly check your JS code* for errors whereas NetBeans actually understands the JS and highlights the errors and warnings.
* Theoretically you could use the JS(Hint/Lint) plugin, but that's something you have to install and configure separately.
While I like eclipse for java, are you sure it is great js editor?
I hope for brackets to be the next js editor. It is open source and written in javascript, so javascript programmers will have it easy to extend it however they like.
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I like eclipse too. It's the only editor that I know of that
- I can configure to handle spaces/tabs/line endings the way I like (for example: I use tabs, but when I open a file that someone else made that uses spaces to indent code, the editor should understand this and use spaces instead)
- works great with git
- the package explorer is functional and gives a lot of info about the files I am working on
- works great as js editor
- works great as java editor (refactor/rename stuff, generate getters and setters/override methods, ...)
- the outline view is really useful
What makes me angry every time with eclipse tho, is that it is so awkwardly slow to startup, and the pauses it makes when building stuff in the background.
If someone knows of a better editor that can do the things above, is quicker and mybe uses less memory too, I am sold.
For the record I haven't been writing java stuff for quite a long time, but recently have to help port a library to Java.
One thing with the whole "IDE" thing is that they are actually quite slow. I use sublime for my other interests (web, dynamic languages, etc.) and didn't find any problems and also could do all those magic things like line endings, respecting tabs or spaces for indentation. The only thing sublime don't provide is the constant need for refactoring and complex requirement of autocomplete down to import names. They are mostly because of Java.
> If someone knows of a better editor that can do the things above, is quicker and mybe uses less memory too, I am sold.
I honestly just dumped hardware on the problem. Get an SSD and a bit more ram and Eclipse is very fast - even startup is very quick for me. It's a lot cheaper to buy an SSD than it is to spend hours looking for another solution when the current one works fine. I don't have any pauses anymore.
You must have low standards when it comes to JS editing then. Eclipse doesn't properly check your JS code* for errors whereas NetBeans actually understands the JS and highlights the errors and warnings.
* Theoretically you could use the JS(Hint/Lint) plugin, but that's something you have to install and configure separately.
While I like eclipse for java, are you sure it is great js editor?
I hope for brackets to be the next js editor. It is open source and written in javascript, so javascript programmers will have it easy to extend it however they like.
For me, for now, yes. Like you I keep an eye on Brackets (and on LightTable as well).