apidoc.org

apidoc.org is a great site that aggregates API documentation. It has a register/login feature that doesn't work. Luckily, you don't need to register to use it. There is also an IntelliJ plugin.

Yes, you read that correctly. I'm using IntelliJ...pushed down by the man again. IntelliJ is pretty good. I've only been using it for about 2 months, so my opinions are probably immature.

pros:

• The code coloring and formatting are really customizable. It has a lot of font effects available.


• It has great Ant script integration. You can jump around in an Ant script as if it were Java code.


• It has nice JUnit integration. IntelliJ runs your JUnit TestCases and then summarizes the results. You can run all of the TestCases in a package, run just one TestCase, or run just one method in a TestCase.

cons:

• SLOW! I hate an IDE, well any application, that can't keep up with the user.


• Lots of plugins are available, but there are no plugins for additional file type support. ksh, perl, bash, and batch script are just text files to IntelliJ.


• The code navigation is OK. It's easy to jump forward in the source code, but there is no way to jump back. There has got to be a way to jump back. I just haven't found it yet.
  

  update 10.10.2005: I found it. "Go To" -> "Back".

  
  


• Five hundred dollars...and it only transports matter... SlickEdit still kicks IntelliJ's ass for $200 less.