Developer IDEs

August 8, 2012

Posted By:  mwildam

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Regarding default installs for developer IDE(s) there are two options:

1. Install all major IDEs (Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ Idea, MonoDevelop, Lazarus, CodeBlocks, Anjuta, SPE, monkey-studio, eric, gambas, idle, ...) or

2. Install none and let the developer choose. If it is just the IDE that is missing then at least all the rest is done.

I would be ok with 1 with there is enough place left on the HD for a bunch of data and virtual machines (consuming each about 30 GB in my case).

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  • Aug 21, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: mwildam

    I have an idea to solve this conflict - whether to follow strategy 1 or 2:
    What about install non of the IDEs, but Dell providing a ppa ( https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA ) where all the major IDEs are packaged into one meta-package to install them all in a single apt-get install command?

    That way both extremes could be served (those who are only using vim and those who make use of the IDEs). I myself tend to be the latter.
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  • Aug 14, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: iandouglas

    As a developer, I'd rather have a choice and install my own, instead of having to delete a dozen IDEs that someone else thought might be handy.

    And while I try to use IDEs that are more generic in nature in terms of built-in tools (Komodo IDE, or heck even vim), I do know developers who switch IDE completely based on the programming they're doing at the time, so might have Netbeans and Aptana and Eclipse all running at the same time.

    Then again, TextMate having recently turned OSS might be a compelling default install.