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NetBeans IDE vs Sublime Text: What are the differences?
NetBeans IDE: Quickly and easily develop desktop, mobile and web applications with Java, HTML5, PHP, C/C++ and more. NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers; Sublime Text: A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform..
NetBeans IDE and Sublime Text are primarily classified as "Integrated Development Environment" and "Text Editor" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by NetBeans IDE are:
- Best Support for Latest Java Technologies
- Fast & Smart Code Editing
- Easy & Efficient Project Management
On the other hand, Sublime Text provides the following key features:
- Goto Anything
- Multiple Selections
- Command Palette
"Rich features" is the top reason why over 63 developers like NetBeans IDE, while over 698 developers mention "Lightweight" as the leading cause for choosing Sublime Text.
According to the StackShare community, Sublime Text has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1407 company stacks & 1333 developers stacks; compared to NetBeans IDE, which is listed in 62 company stacks and 46 developer stacks.
Visual Studio Code became famous over the past 3+ years I believe. The clean UI, easy to use UX and the plethora of integrations made it a very easy decision for us. Our gripe with Sublime was probably only the UX side. VSCode has not failed us till now, and still is able to support our development env without any significant effort.
Goland being paid, as well as built only for Go seemed like a significant limitation to not consider it.
Since communication with Github is not necessary, the Atom is less convenient in working with text and code. Sublim's support and understanding of projects is best for us. Notepad for us is a completely outdated solution with an unacceptable interface. We use a good theme for Sublim ayu-dark
I decided to choose VSCode over Sublime text for my Systems Programming class in C. What I love about VSCode is its awesome ability to add extensions. Intellisense is a beautiful debugger, and Remote SSH allows me to login and make real-time changes in VSCode to files on my university server. This is an awesome alternative to going back and forth on pushing/pulling code and logging into servers in the terminal. Great choice for anyone interested in C programming!
Pros of NetBeans IDE
- Rich features75
- Crossplatform68
- Plugins(Git, SVN)47
- Extensible38
- Easy to use37
- PHP Support35
- Java support33
- File History28
- Code analysis21
- MySQL support18
- Free13
- Open source13
- Code completion9
- Strong Maven Support9
- NodeJs support8
- Webdev king6
- Best6
- Easy maven project start5
- Jira Plugin4
- Mandatory3
- Foss3
- History of changes, friendly tabs3
- Intuitive ui2
- Chrome plugin to live update javascript from browser2
- Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn2
- Native Nette support2
- Smarty support2
- I don't like NetBeans2
- Groovy support2
- Custom html tags support2
- Visual GUI Builder for Swing / AWT1
- Composer commands inside IDE1
- Powerful refactoring1
Pros of Sublime Text
- Lightweight722
- Plugins654
- Super fast641
- Great code editor468
- Cross platform443
- Nice UI280
- Unlimited trial259
- Cmd + d is the best command ever154
- Great community92
- Package control, modules47
- Mac OS X support26
- Easy to get started with23
- Monokai22
- Built in Python21
- Everything you need without the bloat21
- Easy18
- Speed14
- Session & edit resuming12
- Package Control10
- Well Designed9
- Multiple selections8
- Nice7
- Fast, simple and lightweight7
- ALT + CMD + DOWN is the best command ever7
- So futuristic and convenient5
- It's easy to use, beautiful, simple, and plugins rule5
- Great5
- ALT + F3 the best command ever5
- Simple and clean design4
- Free4
- Find anything fast within entire project4
- Easy to use3
- UI + plugins3
- Sublime Merge (Git Integration)3
- Pretty3
- Hackable3
- Totally customizable2
- Color schemes and cmd+d2
- Material theme best theme forever2
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Cons of NetBeans IDE
- PHP debug doesn't support conditional breakpoints2
Cons of Sublime Text
- Steep learning curve8
- Everything5
- Flexibility to move file4
- Doesn't act like a Mac app4
- Number of plugins doing the same thing3
- Don't have flutter integration2
- Forces you to buy license2
- Not open sourced2
