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NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

I downloaded NetBeans 3.6 and installed it yesterday.

Today I tried to write some Java code with it. I mounted my src directory in ten clicks after reading a 1.3KB document.

Then I created a class with the CreaetAClassWizard. And here is the class:

/*
 * Foo.java
 *
 * Created on April 15, 2004, 2:23 AM
 */

/**
 *
 * @author  weiqi
 */
public class Foo {
    
    /** Creates a new instance of Foo */
    public Foo() {
    }
    
}

In case anybody is listening at NetBeans, it is the public no-arg constructor that is annoying. I did not ask for it. It is not obvious to me while I'm in the Wizard that I'm going to get a public no-arg constructor before I clicked Finish. I applaud the Wizards attempt at guessing what I want.

But I'm sorry. You guessed wrong. And I'm uninstalling the thing.

I'm not saying NetBeans isn't any good. I'm sure people who've been using it all along will find it the most pleasing thing in the world. It's just not for me.

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Posted by Weiqi Gao on April 15, 2004 9:54:25 AM CDT #


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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Someone who didn't get up at the wrong side of the bed today on April 15, 2004 10:09:44 AM CDT #
Have you done a comparison of IDEs ability to let you create classes using wizards without empty argument constructors? Or did you just look for something to annoy you so that you could get the pleasure of uninstalling this software?
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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Anonymous on April 15, 2004 10:15:07 AM CDT #
Maybe you should rename the blog entry: Netbeans isn't for unpatient users. If you bothered to check closer, you'd discover that you can edit the class templates to avoid having no-arg contructors created automatically.
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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Anonymous on April 15, 2004 10:21:58 AM CDT #

Both Eclipse and IDEA generated empty classes:

public class Foo {
}

by default.

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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from R.J. on April 15, 2004 10:23:17 AM CDT #
I am not starting a flame war or anything, rather just stating a fact... in response to Anonymous(1), both Eclipse and Intellij have explicit support in their wizards for turning on/off the default constructor.
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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Weiqi Gao on April 15, 2004 10:38:16 AM CDT #

I'm plenty patient, or I would have balked at the ten click deal to mount the directory.

P.S. I posted the third comment (timestamped at 10:21:58 AM CDT) but I forgot to enter the name.

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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Jeff Brown on April 15, 2004 9:41:54 PM CDT #
Every time I take time to give NetBeans a shot, I come to the same conclusion. That conclusion is that I just don't get it. Their metaphors seem awkward to me. It is difficult to figure out how to configure the tool to suit my preferences. Nothing seems easy to do to me. I know that all the NetBeans fanatics out there think that it is very easy and intuitive to work with. I just don't get it. IntelliJ IDEA does every thing I want the IDE to do and it doesn't try to do a bunch of nonsense that I don't want. After IDEA I would select Eclipse. After Eclipse there are about 42 tools that I would have to go through before I get to NetBeans. :)
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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Eric Burke on April 16, 2004 1:24:56 PM CDT #
I paid $149 for the IDEA 4.0 upgrade. I'm happy with the purchase. I love open source tools, but I can work a few hours overtime to earn back the $149. I'll end up saving a LOT more time thanks to all of the little productivity enhancements built into IDEA, like doing almost any operation with a single keystroke rather than 10 clicks.

I reached a similar conclusing when considering Eclipse. Every operation seemed to take just one or two extra mouse clicks when compared to IDEA.

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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Eric Burke on April 16, 2004 9:24:34 PM CDT #
You are a dirty whiner paid by Intellij.
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Re: NetBeans 3.6: Still Annoying

Comment from Gabriele Carcassi on April 23, 2004 8:22:29 AM CDT #
Weiqi Gao, I have the same problem with Eclipse: I try it from time to time, but I just don't get the metaphor... so I disintall it and go back to good old NetBeans. (I really tried, since Eclipse has refactoring already, not just 5 minutes)

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