[openbeos] Re: IDE Questions?

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.
> 
> 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.

Completely agreed.

Bye,
   Axel.

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