RE: VAJAVA vs CODE/400

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VAJ 3.5 Patch 2 is very reliable and robust.  For me, it's far easier,
especially at jar file packaging and deployment, than command line
techniques.  Each person has their own style, but I haven't had a single
problem with VAJ as an editor in quite some time.  Anybody who has a
specific problem with VAJ, please post it and let's see what we can do to
address it.

Joe Pluta
Moderator

P.S. Please do not turn this into an IBM vs. Microsoft discussion, or even a
"my IDE is better than your IDE" argument.  If there is a specific area
where one IDE is better than another, feel free to post details.  By far,
though, the best discussions are "how-to": if you have a problem, please
post it and we'll see if we can answer it.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-java400-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-java400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Shawn Church
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:28 AM
> To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: VAJAVA vs CODE/400
>
>
> I gave up on VAJava a long time ago; it really isn't very good despite all
> the hype.  I have installed various versions of VAJava 4 or 5
> times over the
> past 3 years, along with any available fix packs, but I rarely have gotten
> it to work reliably, and I am not comfortable it will not dump all my work
> when it crashes.  JBuilder is better (not as fancy, but more
> reliable), but
> I am much more productive with a good text editor such as UltraEdit.
>
> The Java language however should not be blamed for shortcomings in IDEs.
> Java will be around for a long time to come, and it is a very powerful,
> easily-learned language (OO concepts are probably more difficult for many
> people to get a handle on than the language itself).
>
> I have gone back to using a decent editor and compiling and deploying from
> the command line, at least until a better IDE comes along.
>
> As far as VB is concerned, most Microsoft products are excellent, and many
> of the slams are misdirected at applications rather than the Windows
> operating system itself, which more arguably deserves criticism.  Visual
> Studio is certainly more advanced than any of the Java IDEs I have used.
>
> Shawn

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