[news.eclipse.tools] Re: IDE comparison

[Erich Gamma <erich_gamma@xxxxxxx>]

Re: "Or is it shown simply (in the current stage) as an example of
the power of the open API ?"

No, the Java IDE is intended for production use. In fact, the Eclipse team is
using Eclipse to develop Eclipse. For example, the Java Tooling is used for
developing all Java code. VCM/CVS support is used for version
and configuration management. PDE is used for plugin development.
ANT support is used by the teams for deploy and test, etc.
In other words "we are eating our own dog food"

Having said this doesn't mean that we are not interested in feedback
on missing features compared to competitive products. This forum is a
good platform to provide such feedback.

--erich gamma

Vincent Massol wrote:

> I understand that the major strength of Eclipse is with it's open API
> platform (like netbeans). However I'd like to know how the developers of
> Eclipse see their IDE (built on top of the platform), in version 1.0,
> compared to others like IDEA or Netbeans ?
>
> Do you consider it to be usable for production work ? Or is it shown simply
> (in the current stage) as an example of  the power of the open API ?
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent