Give me ten reason to use netbeans instead of Eclipse...

[sblantipodi]

I'm a big Netbeans fan, Sun Microsystems Fan and I love their product.

Since I'm a mobile developer I'm suffering on netbeans for the lacks of official support for different SDK.

Can you give me ten reason on why you use netbeans instead of eclipse?

[sblantipodi]

where is the moderator?
I'm really really disappointed...

Can't belive that.

[ael]

OSGi

* Develop OSGi bundles with Maven
* Bundled Felix container
* Use OSGi bundles in a NetBeans RCP application


NetBeans Platform

* OSGi interoperability (developing and consuming OSGi bundles in Platform-based applications)
* Felix 2.0.3 OSGi support, experimental Equinox support
* Convert NetBeans modules into OSGi bundles and run them in an unmodified OSGi container
* Branding Editor for both Ant and Maven Platform-based projects
* NetBeans Platform-based applications generate installers for most common operating systems
* Enhanced support for consuming web services and connecting to databases





JavaFX

* JavaFX Composer for form-like UI components with states and access to various data sources
* Added and improved editor hints and refactoring
* Enhanced Palettes for JavaFX Shapes, Colors, Effects, and Charts
* Improved code formatting



Java EE

* Support for Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) (JSR-299)
* Spring Framework 3.0 support
* Bundled GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.0.1
* Easy regeneration of JPA entities after database change
* REST web services support for RCP applications



Java

* Java Debugger breakpoint grouping, debugger attach parameter history
* Support for annotation processors in the editor, configurable in the Project Properties
* New Applet and Web Start (JNLP) support
* Improved navigation in Stack Trace Analyzer and URLs, Go To Overridden/Implemented Method action


Web Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

* Refactoring and find usages for CSS and HTML-like languages
* Code completion and hyperlinking for id and class selector attributes
* Refactoring inline CSS styles





Java Card

* Support for creating Java Card Connected 3 servlets, classic and extended applets
* Backward compatibility with Java Card 2.2.x and Java Card Classic
* Debugging, and multiple Java Card Platform/Device creation
* Alignment with Java Card Reference Implementation



PHP

* PHP Zend Framework support
* "Overrides/Implements" and "Is Overridden/Implemented" annotations
* New formatter with many formatting rules


Ruby

* Ruby on Rails 3.0 support



C/C++

* Unit test integration with C/C++ projects
* Enhanced remote development including remote file download and browsing
* Improved support of makefile targets and Fortran
* Improved hyperlink navigation between overridden methods and classes



General

* Many more editor hints for Java and Ruby
* Spell checker support in the Editor
* Help menu item for reporting bugs and slowness against NetBeans IDE
* Support for multiple Kenai-based team servers (e.g. kenai.com and netbeans.org).