Talk:Comparison of integrated development environments/Archive 1: Difference between revisions

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I would like to propose some changes to the organizational structure of the chart, and before doing so I'd like to get feedback from others who use and/or help to maintain this article.

* <strikes>Removal of "Latest stable release". This puts an undue strain on the maintenance of the chart, as I don't think people consider release date to be a first-tier consideration, i.e. ''this IDE is perfect for my needs, but the latest release is a month old so I'm going to pass''. It is relevant for an IDE to be reasonably up-to-date, but this is a detail that the user can probably afford to check on his own after picking some candidates.</strikes>

* Removal of "Author". I don't think this is relevant at all to the function of the IDE, unless a person is looking for a ''specific'' IDE "made by so-and-so", in which case they aren't really interested in a ''comparison'' of IDEs but rather a list of de facto IDEs.

* Replacement of "Proprietary" license type. I think this plays too much into the duality of proprietary vs open source. Let's instead state specifically what kind of proprietary license it is -- shareware, freeware, shrinkwrap, etc and only resort to "proprietary" if it is difficult to describe.

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by the way on the linux platform some pure text editors like kate/kwrite could be added because they have an exelent syntax highlighting and you just need to type a command in a console for launching or compiling your program <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/85.27.16.225|85.27.16.225]] ([[User talk:85.27.16.225|talk]]) 00:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

:The point of an '''integrated''' DE is that it eliminates as much as possible the need to do things like type in commands or install/configure separate tools. Source editors can be very good at what they do, but they're not IDEs. Another way to look at it is that you can either discuss each component individually (editor, make, compiler, gui builder, debugger) or discuss them as a whole (IDE). <strikes>In fairness, though, I wonder if CDT should even qualify as an IDE, as it too is basically a source editor only. What does CDT do that a standalone source editor doesn't?</strikes> [[User:Ham Pastrami|Ham Pastrami]] ([[User talk:Ham Pastrami|talk]]) 20:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

::Question answered. [[User:Ham Pastrami|Ham Pastrami]] ([[User talk:Ham Pastrami|talk]]) 03:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)