I spent alot of time with both Visual Studio and Eclipse over the last year. I have to say, i am impressed with Eclipse' stability. I edit, I launch help, I run the Android simulator, I connect it to my phone and I do that over and over and have not seen either a hang or a crash in probably >100 hours of work. Not bad for a free product.
On the other hand, I used Visual Studio 2008 and although it is a big improvement over 2005 as far as stability goes, I've had the following issues:
- Editting occassionally freezes (1-2 seconds?) on my laptop (simple projects)
- Visual Studio editor will freeze at work (complex Enterprise projects). This happens once or twice a week.
- Visual Studio will crash at work (couple times a week), but of course it restarts right away.
So what would be the best investment for me right now? To buy Visual Studio 2010 at ~ $500 and learn about its new features, or continue learning Eclipse? OR, I could upgrade Eclipse (also free I believe).
HMMMMM, well its a Walmart world but I'll think about it a little more.
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