It took me a while to make the switch to using an IDE for software development, but I now know that my switch from vi and make to NetBeans is comlpete. How do I know this? Well, if I look at the keyboard of my old laptop certain keys are more worn than other. In this case both the left hand shift key and the 'z' key are heavily worn. This is a clear sign of heavy vi usage, since ZZ is the sequence to save and exit a file.

My latest laptop, a shiny red Ferrari 3400 is also showing distinct keyboard wear, but this time the z key is hardly touched. In keeping with the popularity of letters in the English language the 'e' and 't' keys are the most worn looking.

I've been using Matisse for some GUI development and this is a major boon to reducing the amount of typing required to build a GUI, and also saves on paper, since you don't have to draw out all the components and work out what bizarre combination of Panels you'll be using or figuring out the necessary incantations for using GridBagLayout.