[openbeos] Re: IDE Questions?

On 18/06/07, Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On 2007-06-18 at 11:02:20 [+0200], Andrew McCall <andrew.mccall@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Has anyone done any work or has there been any discussions on
> replacing BeIDE yet?

IMHO, BeIDE adds very little value. Actually its best feature is the source
level debugger. The editor is good, but Pe is even better. The project
management is, well, minimal and is no good fit for bigger projects. And
for small projects you can as well use the makefile-engine + Eddie/Pe.


The good thing about BeIDE was you could just make a new project and
start programming - for me it was as simple to use as Be was.  If I
had to get to grips with making makefiles, as a total newbie
programmer, then I would have spent more time learning that then
getting my OO code to work.


In my eyes, something that would really add value would have the power of
Eclipse for Java: syntax-based autocompletion, live documentation, code
templates, refactoring (!), instant compilation, integrated support for
SCMs ... And some of those are really tough calls for a C++ IDE.

Anyway, just as a browser and an office solution, a fully featured IDE is
nothing Haiku should even try to tackle. It's a third-party opportunity.


I agree about a a fully featured IDE, but perhaps something on the
lines of BeIDE would be a useful inclusion.

A browser?!  An OS is useless without a browser nowadays, so one
*must* be bundled, I am not saying write a rendering engine, but I do
dream for a BMozillaView or a BKHTMLView in a nice Netpositive-alike
app....  anyway - thats another topic :)


CU, Ingo





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Thanks,

Andrew McCall
andrew.mccall@xxxxxxxxx

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