Visual Studio vs. Eclipse: a Programmer's Comparison

Nerval's Lobster writes "Developer and editor Jeff Cogswell is back with a comparison of Eclipse and Visual Studio, picking through some common complaints about both platforms and comparing their respective features. 'First, let's talk about usability,' he writes, 'and let's be frank: Neither Eclipse nor Visual Studio is a model for sound usability.' That being said, as an open-source project, Eclipse wins some points for its customizability and compatibility with languages; it's more difficult to modify Visual Studio to meet some programmer needs, which has led to any number of abandoned projects over the years. Microsoft choosing to eliminate macros in recent versions of Visual Studio has also led to some programmer frustrations (and a need for external tools)."

Comments

Re:Ec*freeze*lip*freeze*se works

[0123456]

Does copy and paste work yet?

Re: WTF?

[TheDarkMaster]

And I just got moderated down by fanboys. Damn humans, they prefer theirs private fantasy worlds than reality.

Re:Studio v. Eclipse

[smooth wombat]

It became less customizable each release,

Sort of like Windows itself. Witness how much is hidden from the user in Vista/W7 (W7 is essentially the service pack for Vista) compared to XP, then even more so in W8. Sure, W8.1 gave you back the Start button, but as Penny Arcade pointed out, it only brings you back to the tiles in a big "Fuck You!" from the UI folks.