If I open my application in both eclipse and netbeans (having created the file layout using maven), will both eclipse and netbeans create their own project file?
I know netbeans has an option of opening an existing project, but not sure if it will add files to my project?
As far as NetBeans is concerned, it has seamless interoperability with Maven, and it recognises Maven projects out of the box.
In our environment, few developers are biased towards Eclipse. So, we let them stick with Eclipse. Our projects are all Maven based, and there is no problem in opening those in Eclipse or NetBeans.
Even if you find that they created some files, don't check-in those files in your repo.
If I open my application in both eclipse and netbeans (having created the file layout using maven), will both eclipse and netbeans create their own project file?
They will do what they require to do. Why bother anyway?
I know netbeans has an option of opening an existing project, but not sure if it will add files to my project?
No, it won't but... Why the hell don't you just try? I seriously don't get it.