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PSPad vs NetBeans IDE

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When comparing PSPad vs NetBeans IDE, the Slant community recommends PSPad for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?” PSPad is ranked 25th while NetBeans IDE is ranked 33rd.

Specs

PlatformsWindows

LicenseFreeware

Supported remote file editing protocolsFTP

PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac, BSD

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Pros

Pro
Integrated FTP client

Pro
Simple and small

PSPad is simple, small, and lightweight. It's also quite fast.

Pro
Free

PSPad is completely free to download and use.

Pro
Code highlighting for many languages

PSPad supports code highlighting for several languages.

Pro
Accented words

In PSPad, the user can add accents to words.

Pro
Integrated HEX editor

Pro
Cross-platform

NetBeans is a free, GPL-licensed IDE. It can run on any computer with a Java virtual machine. If a computer has a Java virtual machine (JVM), Netbeans can run on it. Netbeans can, therefore, run on a variety of operating systems such as Windows, *nix, and Mac OS.

Pro
Good refactoring

Pro
Easy to learn

Very easy to learn, unlike e.g. Eclipse (which is probably the most flexible).

Pro
Multiple revision control system integration

Pro
Fantastic Maven support

NetBeans has out-of-the-box support for Maven (NetBeans 6.7 and newer), which includes a repository browser.

Pro
Customizable theme

Pro
Good support for integrated Database e Servers (E.g. Tomcat)

Pro
Take less memory

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Cons

Con
Windows only

It's only available for Windows.

Con
No code folding

Does not support code folding.

Con
No content assist

Con
Slow

The Netbeans IDE is known to take a large memory as compared to other lighter IDE's available on the market. The slowdown can decrease productivity and frustrate programmers.