I use Oracle JDeveloper (10.1.3) which whilst Ive been forced to use, Ive actually learnt to really like.
Its pretty fast on the Mac platform and has a standard feature set (code folding, code assist, refactoring etc).
It is tailored for Oracle frameworks but should be fine for general Java development.
Its free+available from http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/index.html
To answer your points, it feels pretty quick for a Java Swing app especially the new version. Debugger is
very usable for me, but then again im not too sure what other people do. It has a Stack view, Smart Data,
Data, Watches, Breakpoints etc.
One highly recommended tip: Bind the F1 key to "Go To Java Class" .. it brings up a little panel which
allows you to do a Spotlight-esque search for all Java classes across your project. It is a godsend.
Good luck. Cheers,
Naden
On Thursday, May 18, 2006, at 12:46PM, John Osborne <email@hidden> wrote:
>I have been using the latest JBuilder on the Mac for the past six
>months or so and frankly I don't care for it. It does have a lot of
>nifty features but is very slow on my 1.67 GHz PowerBook ( 2GB RAM),
>buggy, and fairly idiosyncratic on basics like text selection. My
>gold standard in the past was CodeWarrior which while not as feature
>rich as JB was a LOT faster and more stable but unfortunately isn't a
>viable choice anymore. I am not trying to re-ignite the IDE wars so
>my message is narrowly focused toward developers that have switched
>from JBuilder to other commercial or free Java IDEs. In particular,
>I'm interested in speed comparisons, usability of the source-level
>debugger, and compatibility with SVN. TIA
>
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