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Cloud9 IDE vs NetBeans IDE: What are the differences?
Developers describe Cloud9 IDE as "Your development environment, in the cloud". Cloud9 provides a development environment in the cloud. Cloud9 enables developers to get started with coding immediately with pre-setup environments called workspaces, collaborate with their peers with collaborative coding features, and build web apps with features like live preview and browser compatibility testing. It supports more than 40 languages, with class A support for PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript/Node.js, and Go. On the other hand, NetBeans IDE is detailed as "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.
Cloud9 IDE can be classified as a tool in the "Cloud IDE" category, while NetBeans IDE is grouped under "Integrated Development Environment".
Some of the features offered by Cloud9 IDE are:
- Real-time collaboration and chat
- Connect via SSH and FTP
- Code Completion (suggestions)
On the other hand, NetBeans IDE provides the following key features:
- Best Support for Latest Java Technologies
- Fast & Smart Code Editing
- Easy & Efficient Project Management
"Easy to use" is the primary reason why developers consider Cloud9 IDE over the competitors, whereas "Rich features" was stated as the key factor in picking NetBeans IDE.
Edify, Campaign Panel, and inFeedo are some of the popular companies that use NetBeans IDE, whereas Cloud9 IDE is used by LinkedIn, Soundcloud, and Mozilla. NetBeans IDE has a broader approval, being mentioned in 61 company stacks & 45 developers stacks; compared to Cloud9 IDE, which is listed in 28 company stacks and 40 developer stacks.
Pros of AWS Cloud9
- Easy to use108
- Free102
- Nice UI76
- Terminal access to vm instead of simulation65
- New full ubuntu machines58
- Easy dev environment49
- Ssh access to your own machine44
- Real-time with other people43
- Free prototype hosting43
- Collaboration32
- Open Source10
- Great syntax highlighting6
- Works great5
- Nice ide4
- Better IDE than the others4
- Extremely easy setup4
- Great interface, download or upload file is nice.4
- Its easy to share code3
- You can run your project easier3
- Open-source friendly3
- Good documentation2
- Bitbucket integration1
- Versatile and robust1
- Need a credit card to get access1
- Starts a VM1
- Easy to use, seem fast, friendly ui1
- Good0
Pros of NetBeans IDE
- Rich features76
- Crossplatform69
- Plugins(Git, SVN)49
- Easy to use38
- Extensible38
- PHP Support35
- Java support34
- File History28
- Code analysis21
- MySQL support18
- Free14
- Open source14
- Code completion10
- Strong Maven Support9
- NodeJs support8
- Webdev king6
- Easy maven project start6
- Best6
- Jira Plugin4
- Foss4
- Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn3
- History of changes, friendly tabs3
- Mandatory3
- Intuitive ui2
- Chrome plugin to live update javascript from browser2
- Groovy support2
- Native Nette support2
- I don't like NetBeans2
- Smarty support2
- Visual GUI Builder for Swing / AWT2
- Custom html tags support2
- Powerful refactoring1
- Composer commands inside IDE1
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Cons of AWS Cloud9
- Not free6
Cons of NetBeans IDE
- PHP debug doesn't support conditional breakpoints2