When comparing EverEdit vs NetBeans IDE, the Slant community recommends NetBeans IDE for most people. In the question“What are the best programming text editors?” NetBeans IDE is ranked 30th while EverEdit is ranked 58th. The most important reason people chose NetBeans IDE is:
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.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Lightweight
EverEdit is lightweight, making it very fast.
Pro Extendable with plugins
EverEdit is extremely powerful and extends through various plugins that add a lot of useful features to it.
Pro Good regexp
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 Good support for integrated Database e Servers (E.g. Tomcat)
Pro Multiple revision control system integration
Pro Customizable theme
Pro Take less memory
Cons
Con Windows only
EverEdit is not available for Linux and/or Mac.
Con Little support for UML
Unless you load extensions.
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.