tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460192278213409520.post8150534850026592803..comments2012-04-15T00:12:12.139-04:00Comments on Social Web Technologies: Microsoft wants YOU...Harry Chenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01363578711635294593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460192278213409520.post-27411424417425750642008-02-24T18:09:00.000-05:002008-02-24T18:09:00.000-05:00TextMate is a fantastic editor. The snippet system...TextMate is a fantastic editor. The snippet system is wonderful for code editing, but often I miss completion pop-up when I can't remember the specific snippet I'm looking for. The other thing Eclipse provides that I constantly miss in TextMate is identifier highlighting. Being able to select a variable and then see it highlighted in the entire file is extremely helpful. Still, I end up using TM for almost all of my editing, code or otherwise, because its quick and small and has never crashed on me.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813068053352548853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460192278213409520.post-23798217977754701002008-02-24T15:07:00.000-05:002008-02-24T15:07:00.000-05:00I'm using this text editor for mac called textmate...I'm using this text editor for mac called textmate, which does all the syntax highlighting stuff and has some auto-insert code commands, but the view is more like just a simple texteditor like wordpad. I dont like that IDEs have so much bloat to them when I really only want to use a couple of the features, and I feel like it sort of pushes me into working in a very specific way. I just want to be able to write my code down the way that I want to, which is why i typically get annoyed by the auto-insertion of code bits. Having a term window open with a feature-complete text editor just works a little nicer for me.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995791273522990015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460192278213409520.post-26239795005801264792008-02-22T19:35:00.000-05:002008-02-22T19:35:00.000-05:00I use Eclipse now, but I was a vim user before tha...I use Eclipse now, but I was a vim user before that. I still use vim for simpler projects. <BR/><BR/>I keep meaning to download the vi plugin for Eclipse. To me that would be the best of both worlds.Sarah Stangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451299969451861273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460192278213409520.post-36385444837618126942008-02-22T16:52:00.000-05:002008-02-22T16:52:00.000-05:00I wonder how many people still program Java using ...I wonder how many people still program Java using Emacs or vi without running it inside an IDE? <BR/><BR/>Back in the days, I used Emacs + Ant to write and build Java programs. These days I think Eclipse + Maven is far more efficient. I can't live without syntax highlight and auto-complete etc.<BR/><BR/>What do you use?Harry Chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363578711635294593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460192278213409520.post-54842935214003403952008-02-22T16:29:00.000-05:002008-02-22T16:29:00.000-05:00In re to Dr. Chen, it would be for me, as I cant s...In re to Dr. Chen, it would be for me, as I cant stand Eclipse. Granted, I'm much more inclined to use a flat text editor over an IDE anyways, but I remember using visual studio years back and being able to cope, but Eclipse just does a lot of really annoying things that end up hampering my workflow.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13995791273522990015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460192278213409520.post-91272327830665017402008-02-21T10:30:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:30:00.000-05:00> I certainly see the value in > having it, but is...> I certainly see the value in <BR/>> having it, but is this enough to <BR/>> steal users away from Eclipse<BR/>> and other open/free IDE's?<BR/><BR/>Probably not. But, I think the software development world is large enough to accommodate a variety of development environments and tools. Neither Eclipse or Visual Studio can provide a "one shoe fits all" solution.Harry Chenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01363578711635294593noreply@blogger.com