Ramon said:
My prediction is that (1) You will keep NetBeans. Some stuff is much
better done in NetBeans, such as the OpenOffice plugin. (2) As soon as
you perform certain things in Eclipse, you will migrate to it. YMMV.
If you plan to use a GUI builder you *have* to use Eclipse.
Based on what do you predict those things?
I've used both Eclipse (and its variants, WSAD and RAD) and NetBeans for
years. Usually on the same projects. I have yet to prefer Eclipse.
Yet I would not predict that the OP would stay with NetBeans over Eclipse.
As to the second point, I have read many, many comments from people who prefer
Eclipse but go on to say that NetBeans is better for GUI development, often
with words like "admittedly" or "except for". I am interested in why you feel
one would "*have*" to go the Eclipse route.
I note that those who seem strongest in GUI development claim to prefer a text
editor to any GUI builder tool. They tend to comments like, "It has a great
GUI builder, but I prefer just to code the GUI in the editor."
And by "GUI", do you mean "Swing"?