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How does Sun ONE compare with Eclipse ?

 
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Does the Sun ONE platform have any cool features that Eclipse does not ?
For instance, is developing J2EE components better with Sun One ?
Just thinking for the price it ought to be better.
I have tried Eclipse for writing ordinary classes and think it ROCKS.
(For starters my machine doesn't make such horrible grinding noises that it did with Forte).
But people have posted that they are not too happy with J2EE plug-ins for Eclipse.
PS I just realised that there is a Sun[tm] ONE Application Server forum but most posta enquire for Eclipse plug-ins for SUN ONE. So my expectation is not very high.
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[ August 03, 2003: Message edited by: HS Thomas ]
 
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If memory serves me right, Sun One system requirements are similar to Websphere i.e. you need at least 1GB of RAM. So if you don't have that power you might want to go with the lighter tool.
IMO the best free j2ee plugin for eclipse is lomboz. Creating ejb's with its xdoclet is magic (i got it to work). However, the jsp part can't read jstl - so that's a bummer. I have seen sun's wizards for ejb and they look amazing too - but i don't have 1gb of ram. Netbeans xml and jsp/jstl work well - and in my opinion eclipse doesn't come close.
I read that they will be contributing lomboz to open source so that might be good too. Lomboz has not been updated in awhile so i don't know if it will function properly with the latest servers from weblogic and jboss.
 
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You should just use Netbeans. It is the platform Sun One is based on. But as I was told by Thomas Paul, it is about 10 iterations ahead of Sun One all the time. And best of all, it is FREE.
I say this only if you are considering using Sun One. There are hordes of discussions in this forum on the differences between all the various IDE's. You should just do a search.
[ August 03, 2003: Message edited by: Gregg Bolinger ]
 
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Thanks Sam and Greg: I'll try your recommendations.
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You could also take a look at http://www.myeclipseide.org/
 
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Thanks Illja,
I have that on my list of things to try.
I am looking for The Path of Least Resistance
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