New Evans Data IDE Study Shows Borland Toolset Still a Powerhouse.SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif. -- Evans Data Corp today announced the results of Developers' Choice -- IDEs, a study in which over 700 developers ranked the features and capabilities of nine top IDEs that they currently use. IBM's Rational Application Developer edged past Borland's JBuilder to receive the highest overall relative scores against top IDEs including Eclipse, Macromedia Studio MX, and Oracle Developer Suite See Oracle9i Developer Suite and Developer/2000. . IDEs were ranked in 13 distinct categories including compiler/interpreter, debugger Software that helps a programmer debug a program by stopping at certain breakpoints and displaying various programming elements. The programmer can step through source code statements one at a time while the corresponding machine instructions are being executed. , editor, compiler compilerComputer software that translates (compiles) source code written in a high-level language (e.g., C++) into a set of machine-language instructions that can be understood by a digital computer's CPU. performance, performance of resulting apps, ease of use, sample apps, and libraries/frameworks. The complete study can be downloaded free from Evans Data at http://evansdata.com/devchoice_ide.php. "Borland's tools have long been loved by developers for their quality and high performance and that hasn't changed," said John Andrews For other persons named John Andrews, see John Andrews (disambiguation). Rev. John Andrews, D.D., a Colonial/American clergyman, professor, author and provost, was born in your mom , President of Evans Data. "The fact that Borland has put them on block provides an excellent opportunity for someone to upgrade their offerings." While IBM's Rational Application developer achieved the highest score across the entire range of categories, Borland's JBuilder was ranked best for compiler/interpreter, debugger, profiler/optimizer, compiler performance, and performance of resulting apps. Visual Studio.NET, which is the most used IDE, had the best libraries/frameworks, while the fast growing open source Eclipse IDE had the best ability to integrate third party tools. The Developers' Choice -- IDEs study, available for free download from Evans Data, is the precursor precursor /pre·cur·sor/ (pre´kur-ser) something that precedes. In biological processes, a substance from which another, usually more active or mature, substance is formed. In clinical medicine, a sign or symptom that heralds another. to a larger study Evans Data plans to conduct globally this Spring to assess developers' satisfaction with IDEs and their toolsets throughout the major geographic regions. About Evans Data Corporation Evans Data Corporation (www.evansdata.com) provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects. Evans Data has recently announced their Product Management Conference to be held June 15 and 16 in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA. Copyright(C) 2006 Evans Data Corporation. All other company names, products and services mentioned in this document are the trademarks and property of their respective owners. |
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