What are the pros and cons of eclipse vs netbeans vs others for j2me development?

Question

What are the pros and cons of eclipse vs netbeans vs others for j2me development?

Which would you choose and why?

[edit] When asking the question this one didn't turn up in the list

Answer 1

disclaimer: I am an eclipse fanboy

I've used both eclipse and netbeans and personally I prefer eclipse. It's true that I do more than just java development, so the flexibilty of eclipse is what's particularly attractive. The vast array of plugins available for eclipse make it a valuable tool for java, web development, UML modeling, and more.

If all you want to do is java development, then I don't think you'll find either to have a significant edge (there are differences but not, in my opinion, significant enough to make or break the choice)

Answer 2

For now, I would use NetBeans, as mentioned in this SO question.

Eclipse with its plugin eclipseme, is not as up-to-date than Netbeans on that front, although Orson does mention DSDP/MTJ - Mobile Tools for Java, which is soon to be 1.0.
So on eclipse side, the DSDP (Device Software Development Platform) is in progress, and will include:

• a Device Deebuggin (DD),
• a Target Management,
• MTJ ,
• and a Native Application Builder (NAB) component.

Answer 3

I am still looking for comparison, which is easier to learn and having better features. I do always look for a combination of Microsoft's Visual Basic and Oracle's forms/reports.

Soumen. http://soumen.wordpress.com