I have been using IntelliJ for 3 years now, and I have to say it is the best IDE I have ever used, and I can't imagine using anything else. I have tried to use eclipse a few times, usually when there is a new major release. Everytime I use it, it gets better, but it is never quite ready for me. When I use it, it feels like Eclipse is a cheap knock off of intelliJ. It kind of looks the same from the outside, but when you sit down and use it, you know instantly that it isn't the real thing.
I recently tried out netbeans for the first time in a long time, and it has gotten much better, but it isn't quite there either. The GUI editor is nice, but the java editor needs some more work.. I put this on par with Eclipse, but if you are doing GUI work, I would pick netbeans.
It is true, you get what you pay for. Try out intelliJ's free trial and if you like it, and you have the cash, buy it, intelliJ will pay for itself in the long run. If you are strapped for cash, use one of the free editors to write the next killer app, and make yourself some fat cash to buy yourself a nice new intelliJ license.
Your right, it is mostly my fault.. But my system is setup to handle as many editors as I need, just like wiki. I just need to get enough people to help out..
I have had this site for 4-5 years now, and this is the second version of it. The first version was very open, just like wiki, anyone could make changes when ever they wanted, it was great since I didn't have to edit anything, AT FIRST.. Then we had people adding wrong information, and kept messing everything up, so I spent a lot of time cleaning up after people and making sure the information was correct. That is when I decided to make everything go thru editors first. Even though I am spending a bunch of time editing the information now, it is much less time then I was spending before, and it is time much better spent..
The good news about the editing, is that it usually comes in waves, it will be busy for a day or so, and then it calms down and I can get some programing done.. Luckily I have some other people to help me and It isn't as bad as it used to be. As long as I keep adding editors at the same pace as my traffic picks up I guess I should be alright.
I guess there is no perfect solution, unless you can hire lots of people from india to handle all of the information and editing for your site, for cheap and you have enough money to pay for it, and get a guantee that it is correct.
we have about 5 people that moderate the site, and it works alright, but yes you are right we probably need more. It is hard to find people you can trust when they are strangers, we usually need people to show us that they can be trusted, but you never know..
It is also hard to find good help for free. We offer points to people who add content to the site, and they can collect those points and buy stuff, like DVD's and such. We usually require that members have a certian point level before they can be accepted as an editor. This shows that they have added lots of content to the site, and we can reward them with more privledges and prizes.
The problems with wiki's is that you can't always do what you want. I wrote Popcorn Monsters from scratch from the bottom up, and it was the only way that I could do somethings. The only way I could have done that with a wiki, is if I wrote my own wiki software or if I took the wiki code and completely overhauled it to fit my needs.
Wiki's are good in some cases, but not all. The good thing about my site, is that once I approve an item, it doesn't get changed unless me or another editor approve the change. In a wiki, anyone can come in afterwords and make changes again. I know you can lock things down, but what is the purpose of a wiki, if only some people can edit things? Might as well not be a wiki then..
This sounds like a good idea, but there is lots of work to get this done.. The good thing with a wiki is that anyone can edit the page, but at the same time anyone else can edit it as well. It is an editing nightmare, even if you have someone always editing all of the pages to make sure the content is correct.
I created a website like tvtome but for movies called http://popcornmonsters.com/ . The visitors can add information about movies and actor, but everything needs to be approved, and checked before it can be shown. When I first started, I didn't know what I got myself into. I spend more time approving content then I do writing code to make it better.
Does anyone know of a better way to handle this?
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I have been using IntelliJ for 3 years now, and I have to say it is the best IDE I have ever used, and I can't imagine using anything else. I have tried to use eclipse a few times, usually when there is a new major release. Everytime I use it, it gets better, but it is never quite ready for me. When I use it, it feels like Eclipse is a cheap knock off of intelliJ. It kind of looks the same from the outside, but when you sit down and use it, you know instantly that it isn't the real thing.
I recently tried out netbeans for the first time in a long time, and it has gotten much better, but it isn't quite there either. The GUI editor is nice, but the java editor needs some more work.. I put this on par with Eclipse, but if you are doing GUI work, I would pick netbeans.
It is true, you get what you pay for. Try out intelliJ's free trial and if you like it, and you have the cash, buy it, intelliJ will pay for itself in the long run. If you are strapped for cash, use one of the free editors to write the next killer app, and make yourself some fat cash to buy yourself a nice new intelliJ license.
Your right, it is mostly my fault.. But my system is setup to handle as many editors as I need, just like wiki. I just need to get enough people to help out.. I have had this site for 4-5 years now, and this is the second version of it. The first version was very open, just like wiki, anyone could make changes when ever they wanted, it was great since I didn't have to edit anything, AT FIRST.. Then we had people adding wrong information, and kept messing everything up, so I spent a lot of time cleaning up after people and making sure the information was correct. That is when I decided to make everything go thru editors first. Even though I am spending a bunch of time editing the information now, it is much less time then I was spending before, and it is time much better spent.. The good news about the editing, is that it usually comes in waves, it will be busy for a day or so, and then it calms down and I can get some programing done.. Luckily I have some other people to help me and It isn't as bad as it used to be. As long as I keep adding editors at the same pace as my traffic picks up I guess I should be alright. I guess there is no perfect solution, unless you can hire lots of people from india to handle all of the information and editing for your site, for cheap and you have enough money to pay for it, and get a guantee that it is correct.
we have about 5 people that moderate the site, and it works alright, but yes you are right we probably need more. It is hard to find people you can trust when they are strangers, we usually need people to show us that they can be trusted, but you never know.. It is also hard to find good help for free. We offer points to people who add content to the site, and they can collect those points and buy stuff, like DVD's and such. We usually require that members have a certian point level before they can be accepted as an editor. This shows that they have added lots of content to the site, and we can reward them with more privledges and prizes.
The problems with wiki's is that you can't always do what you want. I wrote Popcorn Monsters from scratch from the bottom up, and it was the only way that I could do somethings. The only way I could have done that with a wiki, is if I wrote my own wiki software or if I took the wiki code and completely overhauled it to fit my needs. Wiki's are good in some cases, but not all. The good thing about my site, is that once I approve an item, it doesn't get changed unless me or another editor approve the change. In a wiki, anyone can come in afterwords and make changes again. I know you can lock things down, but what is the purpose of a wiki, if only some people can edit things? Might as well not be a wiki then..
This sounds like a good idea, but there is lots of work to get this done.. The good thing with a wiki is that anyone can edit the page, but at the same time anyone else can edit it as well. It is an editing nightmare, even if you have someone always editing all of the pages to make sure the content is correct. I created a website like tvtome but for movies called http://popcornmonsters.com/ . The visitors can add information about movies and actor, but everything needs to be approved, and checked before it can be shown. When I first started, I didn't know what I got myself into. I spend more time approving content then I do writing code to make it better. Does anyone know of a better way to handle this?