The free, yes FREE, IDE that I use is Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition (Visual Basic, C#, C++). Unfortunately it's a student only deal at certain Universities, but check out the Microsoft Dreamspark program at http://www.dreamspark.com/ for more information.
For Java development I use Eclipse and NetBeans. I've only just began using Eclipse and will be using it when I start my new job, so it's likely I will sway that way and stick with Eclipse over NetBeans in the long run.
Finally, PHP and web development, as far as free tools I use Notepad++ for these. I haven't looked at the appropriate plugins for Eclipse or NetBeans yet, but then I don't exactly have reason to because I'm rather happy with Dreamweaver.
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Where does this term "Duct Tape Programmer" come from at all?
Can we say "extreme programming" and leave the original term in place?!
The free, yes FREE, IDE that I use is Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition (Visual Basic, C#, C++). Unfortunately it's a student only deal at certain Universities, but check out the Microsoft Dreamspark program at http://www.dreamspark.com/ for more information.
For Java development I use Eclipse and NetBeans. I've only just began using Eclipse and will be using it when I start my new job, so it's likely I will sway that way and stick with Eclipse over NetBeans in the long run.
Finally, PHP and web development, as far as free tools I use Notepad++ for these. I haven't looked at the appropriate plugins for Eclipse or NetBeans yet, but then I don't exactly have reason to because I'm rather happy with Dreamweaver.