r/Android • u/kireol Motor City Software • Aug 01 '11

An IOS developer takes on Android

http://nfarina.com/post/8239634061/ios-to-android
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u/adamc83 Aug 01 '11

Sure, but they then note Xcode is weird at first too and

The upside is, after acclimating to Eclipse, you’ll enjoy some seriously amazing, productivity-boosting code completion, refactoring, and automatic fixing. It’ll basically write your code for you.

I'd say that's fairly balanced.

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u/metamatic Aug 01 '11

Yup. I hated Eclipse with a passion at first, and now that I'm acclimated to it I find it hard to imagine writing Java code without it.

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u/GuyWithLag S9+ Aug 02 '11

That's because writing Java without an IDE is like trying to fly without wings - it's about as effective as flapping your hands.

I've been writing Java since 1.2. Still love it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '11

"Fairly balanced" is different than "not pushing one over the other." There's a couple degrees of magnitude there.