Eclipse vs. Netbeans

I use Eclipse since my last project was a Websphere project and WSAD (Websphere Studio Application Developer) is based on Eclipse. Before that I used IntelliJ, which is good but not J2EE oriented. In my new project some of my colleagues use Netbeans, so I looked into what the differences are.

Migrating to Eclipse: A developer’s [...]

MyEclipse

The MyEclipse IDE makes a supercharged Eclipse with support for UML, Spring, Hibernate, and Struts, JSF, AJAX, amongst others. And at just around $50 for the Professional Edition, MyEclipse is still VERY affordable. So if you’re using Eclipse anyway, then MyEclipse is probably the best way to go.

UML Tools

UML is the defacto standard for visually representing object-oriented design. UML diagrams can simplify wordy design documents without the need for complicated key legends to explain adhoc symbols. In companies where adhoc diagramming are used, the legends are often missing, causing ambiguities and confusion. UML goes hand-in-hand with Java programming, as it is suitable for [...]