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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

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  • Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/330027/what-is-the-difference-between-eclipse-and-netbeans-if-i-want-to-use-only-the-jav among many others. –  Jun 06 '09 at 07:57
  • @ Neil Butterworth - I can't see how it's a duplicate of that specific question. – blank Jun 06 '09 at 08:08

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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)

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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.
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