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This page aims at listing criticism that is often heard from end-users about Eclipse when comparing IDEs. This can become a list of top priority issues from an end-user POV.
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This page aims at listing criticism that is often heard from end-users about Eclipse when comparing IDEs. This can become a list of top priority issues from an end-user POV.  
  
For a better use, this page should contain '''no judgment''' from Eclipse contributors. People can discuss on related Bugzilla entries.
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For a better use, this page should contain '''no judgment''' from Eclipse contributors. People can discuss on related Bugzilla entries.  
  
* http://www.ihateeclipse.com/
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*http://www.ihateeclipse.com/  
** Eclipse says that you need to refresh (with F5) whereas it could refresh automatically.
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**<strike>Eclipse says that you need to refresh (with F5) whereas it could refresh automatically.</strike>
** Default preference settings are not very adapted.
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***This has been fixed in Kepler.  
** ...Follow link for exhaustive list...
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**Default preference settings are not very adapted.  
* http://developer4life.blogspot.de/2012/01/intellij-vs-eclipse.html
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**...Follow link for exhaustive list...  
** "The default code completion and assistance in Intellij is faster and better."
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*http://developer4life.blogspot.de/2012/01/intellij-vs-eclipse.html  
** "If you are a rookie developer, Intellij can improve your code. '''Solution?''' Stricter checkstyle? Integrate FindBugs by default?
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**"The default code completion and assistance in Intellij is faster and better."  
** "Intellij user experience is much easier to grasp."
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**"If you are a rookie developer, Intellij can improve your code. '''Solution?''' Stricter checkstyle? Integrate FindBugs by default?  
** "No doubt Intellij’s plugin [for SVN & Git] is more reliable, has better GUI and easier to use."
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**"Intellij user experience is much easier to grasp."  
* [French] http://www.developpez.net/forums/d1363765-2/general-developpement/debats-developpement-best-of/quel-est-votre-environnement-developpement-edi-prefere-en-2013/#post7408401
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**"No doubt Intellij’s plugin [for SVN &amp; Git] is more reliable, has better GUI and easier to use."  
** *Issue* Eclipse doesn't support Maven Out-of-the-box '''Solution?''' Make m2eclipse available by default in Java IDE package
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*[French] http://www.developpez.net/forums/d1363765-2/general-developpement/debats-developpement-best-of/quel-est-votre-environnement-developpement-edi-prefere-en-2013/#post7408401  
** *Issue* JPA support is better in IntelliJ
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***Issue* Eclipse doesn't support Maven Out-of-the-box '''Solution?''' Make m2eclipse available by default in Java IDE package  
* [French] http://www.developpez.net/forums/d1363765-2/general-developpement/debats-developpement-best-of/quel-est-votre-environnement-developpement-edi-prefere-en-2013/#post7408095
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***Issue* JPA support is better in IntelliJ  
** Eclipse too slow '''Solution?''' Profiling and fixing perf bottlenecks
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*[French] http://www.developpez.net/forums/d1363765-2/general-developpement/debats-developpement-best-of/quel-est-votre-environnement-developpement-edi-prefere-en-2013/#post7408095  
** Eclipse freezes too often '''Solution''' Avoid delivering bugs ;)
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**Eclipse too slow '''Solution?''' Profiling and fixing perf bottlenecks  
** Eclipse is not ergonomic
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**Eclipse freezes too often '''Solution''' Avoid delivering bugs&nbsp;;)  
** Not beautiful '''Solution?''' A nicer theme out-of-the-box
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**Eclipse is not ergonomic  
* [French] http://www.developpez.net/forums/d1363765-2/general-developpement/debats-developpement-best-of/quel-est-votre-environnement-developpement-edi-prefere-en-2013/#post7408401
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**Not beautiful '''Solution?''' A nicer theme out-of-the-box  
** Eclipse editor doesn't link to external resources compared to IntelliJ. Example: IntelliJ can automatically open an XML file from a Java field...)
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*[French] http://www.developpez.net/forums/d1363765-2/general-developpement/debats-developpement-best-of/quel-est-votre-environnement-developpement-edi-prefere-en-2013/#post7408401  
** Eclipse doesn't have inner language completion (completion for an XPath expression inside Java code) compared to IntelliJ
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**Eclipse editor doesn't link to external resources compared to IntelliJ. Example: IntelliJ can automatically open an XML file from a Java field...)  
** Java completion in IntelliJ matches context.
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**Eclipse doesn't have inner language completion (completion for an XPath expression inside Java code) compared to IntelliJ  
** Java completion in IntelliJ understands camel-case <code>obj.mM</code> matches <code>obj.myMethod</code>) '''Solution?''' Make complation for <code>obj.xyz</code> actually match <code>obj.x*y*z</code>
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**Java completion in IntelliJ matches context.  
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**Java completion in IntelliJ understands camel-case <code>obj.mM</code> matches <code>obj.myMethod</code>) '''Solution?''' Make complation for <code>obj.xyz</code> actually match <code>obj.x*y*z</code>

Revision as of 03:23, 25 July 2013

This page aims at listing criticism that is often heard from end-users about Eclipse when comparing IDEs. This can become a list of top priority issues from an end-user POV.

For a better use, this page should contain no judgment from Eclipse contributors. People can discuss on related Bugzilla entries.

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