Re: Choosing Netbeans platform or Eclipse RCP

Hi, Ranieri Oliveira
Actually I'm from Portugal ;)

I think you misunderstood me, I'm not asking about the Netbeans IDE or
Eclipse IDE, but about the Netbeans RCP and eclipse RCP. The
completness that the base installation give is not a factor as I'll
strip almost everything down. Editor support, Java support, CVS, SVN,
all that is not necessary for a desktop application that I need to
build on top of the RCP.

@Radhika
Those links also relate to the choice of IDEs, but I'll take a more
closer look, there could be more in those real stories and
testimonials that I can use.

My real problem here is to find respected documentation on the
subject, as a student I need to back up every choice I make with
valid, technical and preferably taken from some respected bibliography
;)

I know I want to use Netbeans platform, and I can tell you why out of my head:
- I have to have a working application at the end of June and the team
is made of two students, me and a colleague, so time is very short.
- I already know Swing, been working with it for some time, I
understand how it works, the architecture behind it and when I can't
do something I know where and how to look for a solution. I know
nothing about SWT or JFace.
- I'm familiar with Netbeans IDE and technologies, I have been using
it since netbeans 5.0, that's when I dumped eclipse :D
- Netbeans has a better GUI builder that can be used to create the GUI
of my application.
- I find the examples of netbeans more easy to follow, I also find
more documentation on the API better, the off line API module is also
great to have an off line version of the API's documentation as I
don't always have an internet connection.
- I may need some libraries that are swing based, like SwingLabs
libraries, and that will take time to integrate into Eclipse RCP.
- Netbeans comes with many wizards that will help me get some work done fast.

Considering the time frame we have, and all we need to do, I have
already chosen Netbeans, I know need to back up that choice, because
it is based on my own experience, and as a student, my experience
counts for nothing when the juries are evaluating my work. Though I
want to learn when doing this project, I also have to think about the
practical side of things :D

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Best regards,

Sérgio Lopes