NetBeans

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dsimcha wrote:
> == Quote from JC (jcrapuchettes at gmail.com)'s article
>> I am considering trying NetBeans for all of my development. I have been using
>> Eclipse, but have found that I am only using it because of its project interface
>> and its language highlight support (which sometimes doesn't work).
>> This brings me to my question: I know that NetBeans will work for PHP and C++,
>> the other two languages I use, but is there a way to get it to work with D?
>> Thanks,
>> JC
> 
> AFAIK, no, but if you could create a plugin for it, I would be forever grateful.
> A few months ago, I crossed over to the dark side and wrote a very small (1-day)
> project in Java because it had a library that I really needed.  Despite despising
> everything else about the language (I had never used Java before this), I was
> thoroughly amazed by the power of NetBeans.
> 
> The experience made me understand why people use Java:  As much as Java the core
> language sucks, the IDEs for it are so good that they're almost metaprogramming
> facilities that write a bunch of your more tedious Java code for you.  Of course,
> I wouldn't trade D templates for it, but if C++'s relatively weak templates were
> the tradeoff, I might consider it.  If something half this good were created for
> D, it would be a huge step toward getting D accepted by the wider community.

I spend (waste) a couple of time in creating a Netbeans based D IDE.
(and I agree, Netbeans is a pretty good tool, and the Developer 
Collaboration plugin is fantastic)

Problem was, and still is the virulent paradigm and API change.
During NB 5.5 / 6 the Schlieman engine was a hot topic. ( Meanwhile this 
engine is pretty dead. Was not usable for D 'cause LARL 1 limitation ++)

The next incarnation since NB 6.1 - 6.5 was GSF (Generic scripting 
framework) which , however, never really fits into the Editor-Lexer- 
bridge API.
I will not say that it was impossible to create D language support using 
these APIs but you always have to keep your own code base in sync. with 
the NB SVN repos, which was, frankly said, a pain in the ass.

Now, for the upcoming NB 6.7 the "foreign language related " APIs  seem 
to become stable. IMO the  remaining part is ANTLR integration/support.

Scala,Python,Ruby,PHP,Erlang and since a few days, Scheme support are 
looking quit promising...

Björn
PS :what happens to Netbeans since ORACLE is the new SUN Owner?