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Oct 14 2005, 01:24:20 AM PDT »NetBeans Comments [3]
Earlier today, I talked to Graham about NetBeans and we agreed that 5.0 will be a really exciting release. However, Graham still missed a "quick-fix" feature. The good news is that it is already there.

Here's how: place your cursor on an error. Then a light bulb icon will appear. Hit Alt-Enter and a little menu of options pops up. So far I have seen the following features, but there are probably more:

  • Add import
  • Add method or field
  • Insert cast
  • Add try-catch or throws clause

Oh, by the way, if you're a Sun engineer you're probably wondering about TeamWare. The TeamWare module is now included in Update Center. Simply select Tools|Update Center and click next. The module has improved support for refactorings, so it is now able to check files out during a refactoring. This saved me a lot of time when I renamed virtually all of the Tree API.

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Congratulations, your IDE is approaching the feature set IDEA had three(!) years ago. And it even looks the same. The constant appraisal for NetBeans' copied features on blogs.sun.com is embarassing.

Posted by Matthias Ernst on October 14, 2005 at 08:38 AM PDT #

It is true that some of the features which excite me in NetBeans have existed in other IDEs for some time. However, I'm pretty sure that NetBeans is the only editor besides Emacs and Borland's JBuilder which I can use to develop javac (Both NetBeans and JBuilder are based on javac).

Besides, I'm not paying $500 for an IDE.

Posted by Peter von der Ahé on October 21, 2005 at 12:20 PM PDT #

I noticed my tone may have been a little rude. I'm just seriously underwhelmed by the buzz. And it makes me wonder about Sun's priorities in other parts of the "ecosystem".

I don't expect you to pay $500 but your employer. In my eyes $500 is nothing compared to the amount of work all your engineers could have saved in the last years. How much of your salary is that? A few days. We have been purchasing IDEA licenses for three years now and it really paid off. We've actually been a happy teamware customer like a decade ago, too ;-)

Posted by Matthias on October 23, 2005 at 12:58 AM PDT #

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