Re:Can there be a bigger tragedy than the declining populari...
by phendrenad2 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @01:03PM
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Ah I remember Eclipse. You want to write some Java. Someone tells you "use an IDE". So you google for Java IDEs. Eclipse is the top result. So you click to the website. You're presented with many confusing downloads. Do you use Eclipse Gallileo, Eclipse Europa, Eclipse Ganymede? No difference is explained. Do you want Eclipse for J2EE or EJB or J2SE? Do you want Eclipse Classic (wtf is that?). Do you want the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers?
Then you open it. If it doesn't immediately crash, you'll have random crashes when the UI gets confused (maybe you opened a dialog and then closed it's parent window). Plus simple things like build configurations are hard to find. Plus, the IDE likes to go into various "perspectives". Open a Java project? That's fine, the perspective makes sense. Oh you hit the debug button? Your entire UI has rearranged, and it's hard to tel how to get back, and how to configure this nee view. Oh you opened a C++ project for a quick edit? The layout is completely different from the Java layout. Do you not love it?
Then you open it. If it doesn't immediately crash, you'll have random crashes when the UI gets confused (maybe you opened a dialog and then closed it's parent window). Plus simple things like build configurations are hard to find. Plus, the IDE likes to go into various "perspectives". Open a Java project? That's fine, the perspective makes sense. Oh you hit the debug button? Your entire UI has rearranged, and it's hard to tel how to get back, and how to configure this nee view. Oh you opened a C++ project for a quick edit? The layout is completely different from the Java layout. Do you not love it?