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Using Eclipse for now, but going to switch to vim so I don't need seperate editors for Java and PHP (and also to be able to work over SSH). :)

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Originally Posted by badar_a

Many people complain with having usability issues when starting out with Eclipse, but i have never found out this to be true for myself. IMHO Eclipse is the best IDE out there specially for Java. A big plus for me, in Eclipse is the use of JFace/SWT which is much more aesthetically pleasing, more native looking, and more responsive than Swing. Also i've started to prefer SWT over Swing after using Eclipse. Plus, Eclipse is open-source :D
I'm not sure about it, but probably eclipse has had rich features like Refactoring before MS Visual Studio or any other IDE.
PS: Why has the poll closed ? :confused:

Well, I can't argue against OSS, but, part of my favor of JCreator is that it is written C/C++/Pascal/SomeOtherCompiledLanguage, so it runs with a very native looking interface and runs well on older comps (you ever try running Netbeans or Eclipse on a P1?).

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Originally Posted by armanox

Under win I use JCreator. Under Linux I used to use C-Forge, but now I just use vim.

JCreator? Really? Why? Other than being a lightweight IDE, I found it to be the most buggy and the most incomplete (both the LE and the Pro version) IDE around. The LE is barely a text editor. It lacks auto completion feature and automated refactoring(which is a MUST for every mid/large project) which every other FREE IDE offers.

The lack of CVS is a big let down. The Pro version has CVS support, which everybody I know is dropping today for SVN (which JCreator PRO also lacks). You can't compile&run J2ME projects with it either. You can use it to write code (just as you could with any other editor) and use Sun's WTK to compile/run/build projects (so you need to have both JCreator and WTK open).

I can see peoples using TextPad, or BlueJ, even Dr.Java. But JCreator Pro is, IMHO, just a waste of time and money for a simple, featureless text editor with a fancy Visual Studio look. I'd like to be proven wrong though :)

JEdit! Second only to vim. That being said I have used NetBeans and Eclipse and it seems like I'm constantly fighting with their project management stuff. I can do all the things I need to do with JEdit + plugins if I want an actual IDE.