You could try using netbeans, an open-source project. Some of the advantages of using Netbeans are
1. Its JSP, HTML, and XML editors are excellent. This is something that is sorely lacking in Eclipse. It is fast and it does not freeze like eclipse.
2. Eclipse freezes when trying to open a class or expand the project tree. This happens most of the times.
3. Code-completion is slow in eclipse.
4. NetBeans 4.1 comes with full integration with Tomcat 5 and Sun System Application Server PE 8.1. In order to get this functionality with Eclipse you need to download or purchase plugins. In NetBeans, in order to deploy/run a J2EE application in Sun's app server, all you need to do is to press the run button. NetBeans will compile and deploy the app and launch the app server (if it is not already running), and open your default browser to the right URL. This makes testing code very fast. You don't have to worry about bouncing the server, going out of the IDE to compile the source and then copy the WAR or EAR file to the deploy directory of the app server. You just press Run.
5. NetBeans places all of the project metadata into ant build scripts rather than the extra, IDE specific files.
You could check out this netbeans flash demo that explains the ease-of-use of developing a Java EE 5 application. That includes adding JSD support to the project.
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You could try using netbeans, an open-source project. Some of the advantages of using Netbeans are
1. Its JSP, HTML, and XML editors are excellent. This is something that is sorely lacking in Eclipse. It is fast and it does not freeze like eclipse.
2. Eclipse freezes when trying to open a class or expand the project tree. This happens most of the times.
3. Code-completion is slow in eclipse.
4. NetBeans 4.1 comes with full integration with Tomcat 5 and Sun System Application Server PE 8.1. In order to get this functionality with Eclipse you need to download or purchase plugins. In NetBeans, in order to deploy/run a J2EE application in Sun's app server, all you need to do is to press the run button. NetBeans will compile and deploy the app and launch the app server (if it is not already running), and open your default browser to the right URL. This makes testing code very fast. You don't have to worry about bouncing the server, going out of the IDE to compile the source and then copy the WAR or EAR file to the deploy directory of the app server. You just press Run.
5. NetBeans places all of the project metadata into ant build scripts rather than the extra, IDE specific files.
You could read some real stories from eclipse users here
http://www.netbeans.org/switch/realstories.html
Sorry, a typo. It is JSF support
You could check out this netbeans flash demo that explains the ease-of-use of developing a Java EE 5 application. That includes adding JSD support to the project.
n -2005-GlassFish-EJB3Persistence-NetBeans-Demo.swf
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/binod/archive/foss-i