Eclipse isn't the only open-source development tool for Java. Before Eclipse, it was NetBeans. Now, NetBeans 4 takes on the latest Java 5.0 features. It also incoporates improvements in a number of ...

Java integrated development environments (IDE) are one of the most-used application development tools in corporate development. They are also among the most capable developer products on the market.

Microchip always forges its own path. It's line of PIC micros is unique and it choose the MIPS architecure when it came up with a new 32-bit microcontroller line. Their new MPLAB X (Fig. 1) integrated ...

InfoWorld last did a head-to-head comparison of these products in March 2005, and since then, the IDEs have all undergone important changes. This time, I decided to examine the winner of that review ...