On Aug 11, 2006, at 7:38 PM, Robert Walker wrote: Hi all,
I did some experimenting with WOProject/WOLips today. I posted my impressions on my blog page in case anyone is interested. I'd love to hear your feedback.
Here's the link: I feel your pain. Eclipse can be kind of a pain to use until you get used to it. Basically, I ended up talking my boss into two 20" widescreen monitors ($299 each at Fry's last week). One for Eclipse, one for everything else. It's very Windows 3.1 with its "tiled windows" approach. Then again, Xcode has a mode like this too (I just don't use it), and it is possible to "undock" windows in Eclipse.
However, I have to say that Eclipse is worth it. Eclipse really, really, "groks" Java code I would say the math works like this:
Productivity gained due to Eclipse features: 10% Productivity lost due to Eclipse being designed by open-source Java programmers: -1% ------------- Net Productivity gain: 9%
Hey, that's cool features of Eclipse: 25% Pain of annoying UI quirks of Eclipse (The "where is that?" syndrome) which always hit you when you have a fix a bug, like yesterday...: -15% ----------------- Net Coolness: 10%
Utility of new WOLips tools (Rule Editor/Entity Modeler): 100% Utility of Apple equivalents: -10% ------------------- Net Gain: 90%
Cost of two 20" Widescreen monitors: $598 Playing Counterstrike on two monitors: :-)
So do I "like" Eclipse? No.
Would I go back to XCode? No.
So stick with it Rob. Besides, WOLips maintains XCode projects in parallel, so its sort of risk-free to try it.
Pierce
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