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What features of an IDE are most important to you?   [Edit]

Survey period: 27 Jan 2003 to 2 Feb 2003

Assume you can pick and choose your IDE based on your personal preferences. What features would you classify as 'must have'?

OptionVotes% 
Ability to handle full product life cycle development33638.71
Integrated debugging74685.94
Integrated tools such source code control, profilers etc43349.88
Syntax colouring, intellisence and other editor goodies72683.64
Multiple language support18120.85
Cross-platform support13615.67
Multiple device support9310.71
Ease of use54162.33
Speed and stability72383.29
Quality compilers61070.28
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralRe: Ease of use Pin
Goran Mitrovic31-Jan-03 12:05
Goran Mitrovic31-Jan-03 12:05 
GeneralRe: Ease of use Pin
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe31-Jan-03 12:21
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe31-Jan-03 12:21 
GeneralSpeed and stability indicative Pin
Paul Watson26-Jan-03 19:46
sitebuilderPaul Watson26-Jan-03 19:46 
GeneralRe: Speed and stability indicative Pin
Chris Maunder27-Jan-03 3:21
cofounderChris Maunder27-Jan-03 3:21 
GeneralRe: Speed and stability indicative Pin
Paul Watson27-Jan-03 3:25
sitebuilderPaul Watson27-Jan-03 3:25 
GeneralRe: Speed and stability indicative Pin
Sijin27-Jan-03 3:34
Sijin27-Jan-03 3:34 
GeneralRe: Speed and stability indicative Pin
Navin27-Jan-03 3:41
Navin27-Jan-03 3:41 
GeneralRe: Speed and stability indicative Pin
Oz Solomon27-Jan-03 3:58
Oz Solomon27-Jan-03 3:58 
Sijin wrote:
Funny i've been using VS.Net for the last year or so and it hasn't crashed on me unless i overload my system too much.

I don't know what you mean by "overload your system", but the IDE should never crash, overload or otherwise.
I'm sorry to say that if the IDE only crashes on me once a day, I count my blessings. 5-10 times a day is more realistic...


Sijin wrote:
I am surprised that people feel VS6 was more better.

Sometimes simpler is better. But really, it's a matter of taste. So far as the VS7 IDE goes - if I have a chance, I stick with the VC6 IDE. Maybe VS2003 will be somewhat better, though from what I saw in Beta 2, it's not that big of an improvement.

-Oz

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GeneralRe: Speed and stability indicative Pin
Shog927-Jan-03 12:12
sitebuilderShog927-Jan-03 12:12 
GeneralNot the 1st one Pin
Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa26-Jan-03 18:18
Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa26-Jan-03 18:18 
GeneralSpeed and easy use Pin
jasonpkuphy27-Jan-03 3:23
jasonpkuphy27-Jan-03 3:23 

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