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| <h1>Java and Developers are Winners of IDE Shootout</h1> |
| <span style="font-style: italic;">July 12, 2007</span><br> |
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| On a recent July evening in Cologne, Germany, more than 70 developers |
| gathered to witness an unprecedented event: four rival IDEs—NetBeans, |
| Eclipse, Oracle and JetBrains—together on one stage. The IDE shootout, |
| the first of its kind, was hosted by JUG Cologne.<br> |
| <br> |
| Representatives from each IDE were given 30 minutes to make a |
| presentation about the merits of their product. Roman Strobl, the first |
| evangelist to take the stage, spoke on behalf of NetBeans.<br> |
| <br> |
| Strobl launched his talk with an attention-grabbing demo of the |
| platform-based application <a href="http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/">blueMarine</a>, |
| a digital photo management |
| system built on the NetBeans Platform by developer Fabrizio Giudici. |
| Using the integration of blueMarine |
| and NASA's <a |
| href="http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/javase/worldwind/">World |
| Wind Component</a> to |
| show 3D images of the Alps and Cologne, Strobl explained that creating |
| similar applications was possible by reusing |
| existing Swing components.<br> |
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| The NetBeans segment continued with quick overviews of the top five |
| features of the IDE: Matisse, Profiler, Java EE 5, Mobility and Ruby. A |
| demo of Matisse highlighted its support for databinding and Swing |
| application framework, while the NetBeans Profiler effectively zeroed |
| in on a memory leak introduced into an application. Strobl was also |
| able to give the audience a preview of improvements to the NetBeans 6.0 |
| Editor with a look at some of its intelligent editing features.<br> |
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| <img alt="IDE Evangelists at JUG Cologne IDE Shootout" |
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| <div style="text-align: left;"><small>IDE |
| Evangelists at JUG Cologne IDE Shootout. From left to |
| right: Wayne |
| Beaton (Eclipse), Ann Oreshnikova |
| (JetBrains), <br> |
| Michael Hüttermann |
| (JUGC/host), Roman Strobl (NetBeans), Frank Nimphius (Oracle), <br> |
| Maxim |
| Shafirov (JetBrains), Mike Aizatsky (JetBrains)</small><br> |
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| Wayne Beaton and Frank Nimphius proceeded Strobl with presentations for |
| Eclipse and Oracle, respectively; The St. Petersburg team of Maxim |
| Shafirov, Mike Aizatsky, and Ann Oreshnikova, speaking for JetBrains, |
| were the final |
| presenters. The individual IDE demos were |
| followed by an hour-long discussion between evangelists and audience |
| members. <br> |
| <br> |
| <a |
| href="https://netbeans.org/community/articles/jugcologne-shootout.html">As |
| planned</a> by event moderator and organizer, JUG Cologne leader |
| Michael |
| Hutterman, there was no declared winner among the IDEs. In a |
| post-event report, Hutterman noted that the event achieved its goal—a |
| non-competitive discussion among the top IDEs.<br> |
| <br> |
| The clear winner, he wrote, was the Java community.<br> |
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| <h4>Read More About the Shootout</h4> |
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| <a |
| href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8268129@N02/sets/72157600687400415/"> |
| Photos from the Shootout</a><br> |
| <br> |
| “<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roumen/entry/jug_cologne_ide_shootout">JUG |
| Cologne - IDE Shootout</a>” (<span style="font-style: italic;">Roman |
| Strobl, NetBeans</span>)<br> |
| <br> |
| “<a href="http://jugcologne.org/?p=92">IDE Shootout: Roundup</a>” (<span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Michael Hutterman, JUG Cologne</span>)<br> |
| <br> |
| “<a |
| href="http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/2007/07/jug-in-cologne-with-ides-shootout/">Cologne |
| JUG IDE Shootout</a>” (<span style="font-style: italic;">Ann |
| Oreshnikova, IntelliJ IDEA</span>)<br> |
| <br> |
| “<a |
| href="http://thepeninsulasedge.com/frank_nimphius/2007/07/04/jug-cologne-ide-bashing-and-the-winner-is">JUG |
| Cologne: IDE Bashing - And the Winner is ….</a>” (<span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Frank Nimphius, |
| Oracle</span>)<br> |
| <br> |
| “<a |
| href="http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=IDEShowdown">IDE |
| Shootout: Evangelists Duke it out at Cologne JUG</a>” (<span |
| style="font-style: italic;">Kirk |
| Pepperdine, TheServerSide.com</span>)<br> |
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