Anyone else agree that Eclipse is a terrible IDE?

[Robi_g]

My uni uses it because it's free and cross platform, but everyone on my course and all the moderators in labs agree that if there's a problem it's probably just "eclipse being sh*t".

It's meant that I now use the command line and notepad++ to write C. I'm moving to visual studio but was wondering if anyone on here felt the same.

[Interfectorem]

I use JCreator, I used Eclipse a few years ago when I attempted to make a Minecraft mod from YouTube tutorials and I had no knowledge of Java. So I don't remember how good it was exactly.

[Flyguygamer]

I sorta like it. But prefer notepad++

[Bogica]

I hate Eclipse from the bottom of my heart!

[DigitalHermit]

screw IDEs.. I used vim to write C...

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

I am just beginning to learn C, but I am only using Gedit and the command line with GCC

maybe when I start with C++ I'll work with an IDE, but for now I like the more involved approach.

I am however, looking to see what IDEs are worth the effort.

[Gilbert_Sarip]

Agreed

I used it to make android apps, since i switch to android studio(based on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA) i will never go back.

I have used other products(webstorm & phpstorm) form that company and there in my opinion the best, easy to use, can use plugins. 

[Meissner]

I hate Eclipse from the bottom of my heart!

Me too  

 

I also moved to the JetBrains Products. Especially since they offer a Community Edition for IDEA. 

[Bogica]

Me too

 

I also moved to the JetBrains Products. Especially since they offer a Community Edition for IDEA. 

Now that I think about it. I think there isn't any software out there (including professional software) that I hated more than Eclipse, after years of working with software ranging from Ps, After Effects, Sony Vegas, CAD and so on to IDEs, compilers and so on, I don't think I hate anything more than Eclipse. I even enjoyed using Turbo C compared to Eclipse.

[Satlen]

There is no reason to use IDE's unless you are working with large frameworks. 

[Sicarius]

I no longer use Java, I am more of a C# type of guy, I love .net and Unity works with C# so yeah. But when I did use Eclipse I loved it, thought it was great. I then used Visual Studio ad realised how much VS was. Eclipse really is not great.

[CommandMan7]

I do java programming on my school's robotics team, and this year they dropped support for netbeans and made it eclipse only, and I do agree it's terrible. 

[Robi_g]

There is no reason to use IDE's unless you are working with large frameworks. 

Or you want to have experience working with them to put on your CV for later life.

 

Having moved to Visual Studio this afternoon I've found it to be infinitely better than Eclipse:

• It hasn't crashed once.
• It's compiled everything every time I've told it to.
• It updates syntax errors immediately instead of whenever it feels like it.
• I has an autocomplete funtion.
• It doesn't open multiple windows to run.
• The default colour scheme is dark so I'm not blinded by it.

I'm just taking my laptop into labs now, screw eclipse.

 

I think another reason for using Eclipse was that it had a free AVR plugin, but due to eclipse's inherent terribleness that didn't work either.

[Avratz]

I've had to use it the past 4 months at work porting our software to Chrome Native Client.

 

Its integrated GDB debugging is about the only real redeeming quality for C++ coding.

 

It's serviceable once you spend some time setting it up. That is, turning it into a fancy text editor with integrated debugging. CLion might overtake it, but as it stands there aren't a lot of worthwhile options for C++ IDEs in Linux.

[SSL]

Eclipse is usually broken at any given time.

 

That said, you're limiting yourself i you use an editor like Notepad++ for serious work.

[MrSuperb]

There is no reason to use IDE's unless you are working with large frameworks. 

 

haha ... sure ... 'no reason'

 

Is foundation large enough?

[msvelev]

Eclipse is great for Java, The JUnit/maven/git/gerrit integrations all work pretty well. Managing a huge project in it is pretty easy, we use eclipse at work all the time.

However I'd NEVER use it for C. The Visual Studio is just plain better.

[SSL]

There is no reason to use IDE's unless you are working with large frameworks. 

 

Solid blanket statement.

[rockking1379]

i like eclipse personally. granted i only really seriously use it for java, as i have not gotten to far into C++ yet. but its nice.

[Satlen]

Solid blanket statement.

Yeah, I should have been more clear on the internet...

[Builder]

Oh yeah, Eclipse sucks eggs. Designed by committee, hemorrhaging loss of active developers at the moment, and I mean c'mon...written for Java in Java! How could it possibly be good? 

 

(jk IntelliJ is my BAE)

[ekv]

Strongly agree.

NetBeans FTW!

[Stuff_]

I liked eclipse when I used it, for Java.

 

I write C using vi. 

[KeithD]

I use Sublime Text for pretty much everything. Eclipse is nice for all the functionality, but it's so bloated and stupid that it drove me to insanity. Only reason I used it was my Uni made us do JUnit testing with it.

[SIGSEGV]

I use it for java, I think it's ok