Java development on OS X; XCode vs The World.

toby <toby.DeleteThis@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:

> pmp wrote:
> > I'm doing some Java development on my OS X machines (Pismo/400/320MB,
> > Quicksilver/733/1.2GB, both running 10.3.9). XCode ont he Pismo is dog
> > slow but on the QS is relatively better.
> >
> > Are there any other alternatives to Java? Does CodeWarrior do it? Has
> > anybody had experience with other IDEs such as Eclipse?
>
> Plenty. Eclipse is terrific: try it.

What machine are you running it on? On my Pismo/400 (320 MB RAM,
10.2.8) it was dog slow. I'm sure that is because of my hardware
though.

>
> --T
>
> >
> > I'd like to avoid using the Make/vi combo if I can via Terminal.app.
> >
> > Tks.
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In article <1h1kbt3.1l52ofaw8c4n5N%patrick@tendim.cjb.net>,
patrick.RemoveThis@tendim.cjb.net (pmp) wrote:

> toby <toby.RemoveThis@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> > pmp wrote:
> > > I'm doing some Java development on my OS X machines (Pismo/400/320MB,
> > > Quicksilver/733/1.2GB, both running 10.3.9). XCode ont he Pismo is dog
> > > slow but on the QS is relatively better.
> > >
> > > Are there any other alternatives to Java? Does CodeWarrior do it? Has
> > > anybody had experience with other IDEs such as Eclipse?
> >
> > Plenty. Eclipse is terrific: try it.
>
> What machine are you running it on? On my Pismo/400 (320 MB RAM,
> 10.2.8) it was dog slow. I'm sure that is because of my hardware
> though.

I would bet that RAM was the biggest problem with that hardware. Your
OS was two versions back, and two and a half years is a long time for an
OS. (Especially since they have been revising the JDK fairly steadily.)
That said, low RAM for OS X is a killer, and Eclipse is a RAM hog.

Most of the IDEs, though, are RAM hogs. I put a gigabyte on dev
machines to make Eclipse and IDEA happy.

Scott

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Scott Ellsworth
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Java and database consulting for the life sciences
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