Strong words, I know, and there are definitely some qualifying statements. I am not throwing out Eclipse just yet because it can still do some things that Netbeans doesn’t. But first, let me say that I’m excited by Netbeans 6.1, which is currently in Beta. I’m excited because I see in it a product that will challenge Microsoft’s Visual Studio, especially for new users and those doing development without a computer science background.... more »

This is a step-by-step tutorial. I made this Tutorial, because I was not happy with the four project folders generated by JBoss Tools 2.0.0 when I select a new Seam EAR project. The work is a bit confusing. If I create a new Seam WAR project I only get two projects (one of them is a test project). I had a lot of trouble with the WAR project. I was not able to not get the EJB3 examples work with it. Never the less the folder structure is different from the Seam-gen generated projects. This tutorial works completely without JBoss Tool. You can use JBoss Tools anyway, it has nice functions do build a RichFaces JSF page, but keep in mind that new generated projects are difficult to handle, since you have to keep an overview of all four projects and the changes you made in each of them.... more »

This chapter describes how modules and projects are managed in Eclipse Web Tools Platform.... more »

Leveraging the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) and the M2Eclipse (M2) plugin in the same project has compelling benefits for the Java web developer.... more »

It really surprised me, that Netbeans's editor was higher rated than Eclipse's. I prefer the Netbeans editing experience, but my opinion isn't really objective :-). I just like Netbeans's editor more, without knowing the reason. The small built-in wizards like alt+insert make the coding experience more fluent - but this is really my subjective view. Most of the developers prefer Eclipse, because of the editing experience (they often miss in Netbeans e.g. the "Link With Editor" button). On the other hand, Eclipse was higher rated in the Enterprise support, what I really cannot see. Netbeans comes already with really good built-in Java EE 5 support.... more »

Numerous text editors these days are capable of so called "tab completion". That is, where you type three characters, hit the Tab key and wham, 200 lines appear. Obviously this can be a considerable time saver at times. ... more »

Eclipse Europa has Log4J available as a bundle in some packages; you can also download it from Orbit. But how do you configure it? We take a look at a simple way. ... more »

Every now and again, questions like "Why doesn't eclipse start?" are posted on the newsgroups, or "The application cannot be found". How do you go about debugging these scenarios? This isn't an exhaustive list, but may be a good place to start. ... more »

Hopefully you know by know that Mylyn is a great way to keep track of bugs (amongst other things), including those at (bugs.)Eclipse.org. Now, it's just as easy to be able to fix them, too. ... more »

The Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) allows developers to use the Eclipse architecture to design flexible and extensible applications re-using a lot of already existing functionality. Getting started with Eclipse RCP can be time consuming and difficult. Having a short how-to-description makes it easier to get started. Hence the following article focuses on how to get certain aspects of Eclipse RCP into work. ... more »