[openbeos] Re: IDE Questions?

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.

CU, Ingo

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