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CodeKit vs NetBeans IDE: What are the differences?

Developers describe CodeKit as "Mac app that compiles Less, Sass, Stylus, Jade, Haml, Javascript, and Markdown files automatically each time you save". Process Less, Sass, Stylus, Jade, Haml, Slim, CoffeeScript, Javascript, and Compass files automatically each time you save. Easily set options for each language. 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.

CodeKit can be classified as a tool in the "Live Reloading" category, while NetBeans IDE is grouped under "Integrated Development Environment".

Some of the features offered by CodeKit are:

Compile Everything - Less, Sass, Stylus, CoffeeScript, Typescript, Jade, Haml, Slim, Markdown & Javascript.
Auto-Refresh Browsers - Refresh browsers across devices: Mac, PC, iOS, Android & kitchen fridge. Never hit command+R again.
Bower Built-In - Install 6,000+ components with a single click: Bootstrap, jQuery, Modernizr, Zurb Foundation, even WordPress.

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 configure" is the top reason why over 6 developers like CodeKit, while over 63 developers mention "Rich features" as the leading cause for choosing NetBeans IDE.

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Pros of CodeKit

Pros of NetBeans IDE

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Instant setup for quick experiments
8
Easy to configure
7
Cross device live reloading
5
Any editor OK

76
Rich features
69
Crossplatform
49
Plugins(Git, SVN)
38
Easy to use
38
Extensible
35
PHP Support
34
Java support
28
File History
21
Code analysis
18
MySQL support
14
Free
14
Open source
10
Code completion
9
Strong Maven Support
8
NodeJs support
6
Webdev king
6
Easy maven project start
6
Best
4
Jira Plugin
4
Foss
3
Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn
3
History of changes, friendly tabs
3
Mandatory
2
Intuitive ui
2
Chrome plugin to live update javascript from browser
2
Groovy support
2
Native Nette support
2
I don't like NetBeans
2
Smarty support
2
Visual GUI Builder for Swing / AWT
2
Custom html tags support
1
Powerful refactoring
1
Composer commands inside IDE

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Cons of CodeKit

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PHP debug doesn't support conditional breakpoints

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What is CodeKit?

Process Less, Sass, Stylus, Jade, Haml, Slim, CoffeeScript, Javascript, and Compass files automatically each time you save. Easily set options for each language.

What is NetBeans IDE?

NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers.

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What are some alternatives to CodeKit and NetBeans IDE?

Webpack

A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows to load parts for the application on demand. Through "loaders" modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

Sublime Text

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.

gulp

Build system automating tasks: minification and copying of all JavaScript files, static images. More capable of watching files to automatically rerun the task when a file changes.

Prepros

It is an interface tool which handles pre-processing, and other front-end tasks. Its greatest strength is the incredible ease with which it allows you to use pre-processors of various kinds, be they for CSS, HTML or JavaScript.

Coda

It is a new doc for teams. It begins with a blinking cursor and grows as big as your team’s ambition. Coda docs do everything from run weekly meetings to launch products.

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