Comments on: I give up — Eclipse is crap http://ubuntu9400.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/i-give-up-eclipse-is-crap/ My experience running Ubuntu on an Inspiron 9400 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Andrew Lighten http://ubuntu9400.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/i-give-up-eclipse-is-crap/#comment-10 Andrew Lighten Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:34:19 +0000 http://ubuntu9400.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/i-give-up-eclipse-is-crap/#comment-10 Thanks, Dennis. I'll give that a try. I've actually downloaded a trial version of IntelliJ IDEA (one of the Java gurus at work recommended it) and I'll see how they compare if I can get Eclipse to talk nicely to me again. I really do want Eclipse to work for me; I heard a podcast a week or two back about how there's a whole ecosystem gathering around the platform, and it sounded like a really exciting place to be, but my experience so far has been extremely frustrating. Thanks, Dennis. I’ll give that a try. I’ve actually downloaded a trial version of IntelliJ IDEA (one of the Java gurus at work recommended it) and I’ll see how they compare if I can get Eclipse to talk nicely to me again.

I really do want Eclipse to work for me; I heard a podcast a week or two back about how there’s a whole ecosystem gathering around the platform, and it sounded like a really exciting place to be, but my experience so far has been extremely frustrating.

]]> By: Dennis Krøger http://ubuntu9400.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/i-give-up-eclipse-is-crap/#comment-9 Dennis Krøger Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:58:52 +0000 http://ubuntu9400.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/i-give-up-eclipse-is-crap/#comment-9 Are you using the repository version? If so, don't, it's junk. Download one of the packages from eclipse.org, and install it in your /home (i use /home/memyselfandi/opt/). If you are having crash problems, add this to your eclipse.ini: -XX:MaxPermSize=128m I had the problem when using the WTP, after starting to add servers and web services. Since that change, I only had trouble with the Data Source Explorer, everything else is working beautifully (Creating an Axis2 Web Service and GWT component, using Tomcat 5.5 (Yep, the Gutsy installed one, Eclipse makes a local instance of it) server and the Cypal GWT Studio plugin). I'm in love with Eclipse now, although I was almost at your point a few days ago! :D Are you using the repository version? If so, don’t, it’s junk.

Download one of the packages from eclipse.org, and install it in your /home (i use /home/memyselfandi/opt/).

If you are having crash problems, add this to your eclipse.ini: -XX:MaxPermSize=128m
I had the problem when using the WTP, after starting to add servers and web services.

Since that change, I only had trouble with the Data Source Explorer, everything else is working beautifully (Creating an Axis2 Web Service and GWT component, using Tomcat 5.5 (Yep, the Gutsy installed one, Eclipse makes a local instance of it) server and the Cypal GWT Studio plugin).

I’m in love with Eclipse now, although I was almost at your point a few days ago! :D

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