There are lots of questions here about IDEs vs. editors and which is better for modern software development. In the answers a usual point is that Eclipse has much better language support e.g. for Java and that other editors lag behind in this respect.
Which brings the qeustion: why play catch up at all? Eclipse will always have more development resources, so it would make more sense to simply use the code Eclipse has. It could be separated from the Eclipse UI and it could be run in a separate process with which Emacs, Vim and other editors simply talk to when they need information, want to perform intelligent code completion or do some refactoring.
Is there an existing project which attempts to do this? It would be the best of the both worlds: one could use the editor to which one's accustomed to and at the same time the powerful language support provided by Eclipse would also be available.
As a vim lover I can't speak for emacs. Regarding vim, as far as I know, the only good project that combines eclipse and vim is eclim. But, considering my background ( I'm a ruby developer with a long Java experience) I would not recommend Vim for Java development. Eclipse is very good for Java and I don't like hybrid solutions. The real point is related to teams. It's very difficult to find Java developers that can use Vim in a working environment. So, when I had to choose the tools for a project, I chose Eclipse for Java. If your needs are personal maybe you could do different considerations and would go for eclim.
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They have a tool to design DSLs: https://www.jetbrains.com/mps/
Is it possible to embed editor from there into my program? Or the only purpose is to use it during development only (to compile from DSL)?
In principal, since the MPS editor is a Java Swing application, it could be embedded, however, the current wiring makes it not a trivial process. It is definitely off the beaten path.
The preferred way to create single-purpose IDEs around your DSLs is to build a standalone IDE, which leverages the IntelliJ platform and bundles the desired DSLs - https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/MPSD34/Building+standalone+IDEs+for+your+languages
I have Ubuntu 11.04 and am looking to start developing Linux modules. I use Visual Studio for C development in Windows, but I guess that's not an option for Linux. What would be a good IDE to work Linux modules ?
Depending on what you want to do there are number to choose from. However I think the closest one to visual studio equivalent will be eclipse.
From the FAQ:
Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on
building an extensible development platform, runtimes and application
frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the
entire software lifecycle. Many people know us, and hopefully love us,
as a Java IDE but Eclipse is much more than a Java IDE.
The Eclipse open source community has over 200 open source projects.
These projects can be conceptually organized into seven different
"pillars" or categories:
Enterprise Development
Embedded and Device Development
Rich Client Platform
Rich Internet Applications
Application Frameworks
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
The Eclipse community is also supported by a large and vibrant ecosystem of major IT > > > solution providers, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and > individuals that extend, support and complement the Eclipse Platform.
One very exciting thing about Eclipse is that many people are using
Eclipse in ways that we have never imagined. The common thread is that
they are building innovative, industrial-strength software and want to
use great tools, frameworks and runtimes to make their job easier.
It is all just a matter of personal preference.
Apart from what was mentioned in a similar question, I would like to name two more.
In our kernel-related projects, my colleagues and I currently use Geany lightweight IDE which is more than enough for us.
I also use Code::Blocks that resembles Visual Studio 2003 very much, it also does its job well. It has more advanced code completion features than Geany, I suppose.
Eclispe is always a popular choice and a very nice IDE
Eclipse (http://eclipse.org/) is a pretty good IDE. I have tried a few other ones such as KDevelop etc, but I have always found Eclipse to be the best and most stable.
Eclipse + CDT + at least a dual core processor and some Go of RAM and it will be a great adventure to navigate into the kernel sources.
Are there any good OOP languages that you can use on Linux? Obviously Java comes to mind, even running C# under mono.
Looking for a language that can be used for all round development, web dev, desktop, services etc.
Besides Mono C# and Java anything else come to mind?
Python seems to be the obvious choice. There a lot of great web frameworks for it, strong support for development of GTK desktop apps and many others. Ruby should also be mentioned, although it's not usually used for desktop apps.
Don't forget other languages running on top of the JVM either - most notably Scala, Clojure and Groovy.
Vala and D are new and interesting languages with some quality tools available. Vala was primarily designed to work smoothly in GNOME environment.
All of them. Whatever you want to use on Linux, you can.
Linux developent is a lot of things. For GUI application programming, you're most likely to want to program for one of the two big desktop environments, GNOME and KDE, or directly to the widget libraries that they are built on, GTK+ and Qt.
GTK+ is at its root a C library with object orientation being implemented as a set of conventions, very simply explained. However, many now program GTK+ and GNOME using true OOP languages like C++, C# using Mono (some very popular and default GNOME applications are built on Mono).
Another very interesting language for GTK+/GNOME is Vala, which is made to look and behave like C#, but which compiles to idiomatic GTK-using C, so all the GTK+ OOP conventions are lifted up to be part of the Vala language.
KDE and Qt are basically C++ libraries, but these also have bindings to other languages.
Both environments have good Python bindings.
You can still use C# with the Mono project.
Python and Ruby are probably the most logical choice for all-round development. PHP is also great for web development.
Interesting how as soon as Java gets ruled out as an answer that we go straight for dynamic languages.
I'd still suggest using Java as a lot of your C# knowledge will apply with subtle differences in convention.
For the compiled type of app how about Freepascal.
Multi-platform and pretty easy to get the hang of for a C#/Java developer I would have thought. Can do web, desktop, client-server etc etc. And free (as the name implies!). Plus, it's based on Pascal (obviously) so it's well tried and tested and not one of the 'languages du jour' :-)
Give a try to the Free Pascal and Lazarus IDE.
You are getting support for multiple platforms, not only Linux. You write code once and compile it everywhere and you have a quite nice IDE which will speed up your development process.
Take a look at screenshots
TIP: When using Lazarus try the last daily snapshot instead of stable release. Snapshots are much more up to date with bugfixes \ features.
Consider C++ with Boost.org. Boost is always coming out with new releases and it's all open source. Linux and C++ have a very long history and there are plenty of stable tools. Once you know C++, many new worlds seem to open up. There are several good IDE's as well. I like code::blocks.
I currently use visual studio 2008 for creating projects that can run on windows. Can you recommend me of other tools that can be used to develop applications for other operating systems?(Linux, Mac, Solaris)
The most prominent programming languages will do(C++, C#, F#)
And scripting languages(PHP, Perl, etc)
Eclipse strong Java focus, but support for a wide variety of other languages and is cross platform.
MonoDevelop for cross platform c# fun
A somewhat similar commercial IDE on Linux is SlickEdit.
Eclipse and NetBeans are free alternatives for development on many platforms.
Emacs and vim give you lots of functionality, with a bit coarser interface.
For Mac OS X, Apple provides XCode which is a pretty decent IDE and you can't beat the price.
It handles Java, C, Objective-C and C++ apps out of the box, I believe.
Padre, the Perl IDE can be used to develop applications in Perl. It is cross platform and since Perl is (mostly) cross platform, you can develop applications for other operating systems.
On Linux, I sometimes just use nano (with syntax highlighting), makefiles and subversion. It has the advantage of being really fast over ssh, and unless you need syntax highlighting, Netbeans and Eclipse are overkill.
The languages that can be highlighted in nano by just uncommenting a line in the nanorc file are: asm, awk, c, c++, css, html, java, objective-c, ocaml, patch, perl, php, pov, python, ruby and sh. (It also has highlighting for non-programming things like email and man pages)
For C programming which is very frequent on Unix especially for older programs, the best combination is make + gcc with a good editor. Emacs has good integration with C source, and compiler output.
I started using Linux for PHP web development. What is a helpful toolset to use for web development (mostly PHP) available for the Linux platform. My Current IDE is netbeans and I am happy with it.
In no particular order, my perfect environment consists of:
vim - text editing
git - version control
screen - terminal management
This is all you really need to build a great app in any language, for that matter (baseline). Every language has its specifics, but the above will more than get you started.
The PDT project provides a PHP
Development Tools framework for the
Eclipse platform. This project
encompasses all development components
necessary to develop PHP and
facilitate extensibility. It leverages
the existing Web Tools Platform (WTP)
and Dynamic Languages Toolkit (DLTK)
in providing developers with PHP
capabilities.
You can have a try for eclipse.
http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/
Another one not mentioned in this thread (suitable for PHP and a lot of other dynamic languages):
Komodo Edit (free version of the Komodo IDE)
I really like using Netbeans and SqlSquirrel. Both of these tools are written in Java and they are cross platform compatible. Also an odd note about SqlSquirrel: It uses the Netbeans editor. Also, if you like there are many tutorials and articles on using PHP with Netbeans on their site. Overall, go with the toolset that you like the most. There isn't a single toolset that works with everyone, and for all problems.
I like Eclipse PDT, and it can be used both on Windows (which I use at work) and on Linux (which I use at home).
Features are quite the same as netbeans, I'd say ; especially, you've got nice stuff like graphical debugging, when used with Xdebug.
I'd say that, these days, when it comes to a modern full-IDE for PHP, that works on Linux, and is free, there are two choices : netbeans and Eclipse PDT. Which one you prefer is generally a matter of taste, as far as I can tell.
If you're happy with NetBeans, stick to that as you IDE. Learn to use Vim or emacs just for common knowledge. Use version control, Subversion and git are good choices.
The power of linux is in the command line. Whatever you do outside the IDE, learn to do it with command line. After a while you'll be comfortable with it and you'll discover that there's bunch of stuff you never want to do with GUIs anymore :)