Switching to NetBeans

2006-01-09 14:45:02 · IDEs

Well, my demo license of IntelliJ IDEA is over as of two days ago, and I need another platform to develop at least until I can purchase a license (which can take a few good months). So, hearing a lot about the new Beta 2 of NetBeans, I've decided to try it out. I will probably post something about it soon. I am coming with low expectations, to be frank, and I have unjustifiable reasons. I am prejudice against NetBeans because I used it in a very early version a long time ago and had a really bad experience; However, first impressions are always the ones to last and I am sorry to be affected by them as well.

Comments (6)

Tim Boudreau 2006-01-09 15:43:29

You might be interested in the NetBeans mailing lists/newsgroups - you can sign up for nbusers on the NetBeans web site (community section); or with Thunderbird or another newsreader, get to them from news://news.gmane.org - just search for "netbeans" -Tim

Alex Tkachman 2006-01-10 01:09:28

Contact our sales at jetbrains dot com and we will extend your evaluation for two more months.

Alex Tkachman 2006-01-10 01:11:05

Contact our sales (at) jetbrains (dot) com and we will extend your evaluation for two more months.

First Blood on the IDE Wars at Chaotic Java 2006-01-10 16:28:28

[...] Just like Roumen posted, the IDE wars are at such pace that I was offered two free extra months using IntelliJ IDEA. [...]

Avah 2006-01-10 21:43:28

Thanks, both Alex and Tim! Alex - Since I enjoy working with IDEA a lot, I humbly take your offer. Tim - I still want to check out NetBeans, and so I shall, perhaps not for the X2J project I'm writing currently though.

First impressions of NetBeans 5 Beta 2 at Chaotic Java 2006-01-11 12:51:09

[...] I want to first thank Alex Tkachman for his extremely quick reply to my post, allowing me to have another two months with what I consider to be the best Java IDE out there, and in fact - The best IDE out there. [...]