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I would recommend [Adobe AIR] because it works very well, I just wish there were more resources out there on it to help the onboarding.Incentivized
NetBeans is extremely user friendly and easy to start developing complex applications. Adding and configuring external libraries is much simpler than in Eclipse. It is highly cost effective and most of the latest framework based libraries required are automatically downloaded to the projects. The overall tool is also light weight and consumes less memory as compared to other competitor tools.Incentivized
Adobe AIR supports a lot of commonly needed features for mobile app development.It is fairly stable and consistent once you learn how to use it.It is cross-platform and is supported by some useful third-party plugins.Incentivized
Debugging - Save time hunting down errors by stepping through the code to find the root of a problem.Refactoring - Easily rename classes and variables or make other structural changes using built-in refactoring tools.Service management - NetBeans integrates seamlessly with web application servers like Tomcat and GlassFish.Source control - Works well with Git and other version control tools.
Over the course of months/years, various security exploits and other issues are discovered and patched in AIR, often requiring you to rebuild and resubmit mobile apps to the various storefronts. This happens often enough that it's worth mentioning as a major con.While development on Adobe AIR seems to be fairly constant, there is very little communication between the community and Adobe regarding the future and general support of AIR. The track record of Flash (and particularly Flash Mobile) does not inspire much confidence that Adobe intends to support Flash/AIR for years to come.Adobe AIR does not seem to perform as well (in terms of raw performance, memory usage, framerates, responsiveness, etc.) as other hybrid solutions for certain tasks. For example using shaders tends to be experimental still, and graphic/animation intensive projects often require the use of third party frameworks such as Starling.Incentivized
NetBeans [should] work smoothly with systems having less RAM. Systems with less RAM face trouble with NetBeans.File open history also requires improvement. Once NetBeans is restarted, all files are closed automatically and there is no shortcut to open last opened files.Incentivized
Although Adobe AIR is just an SDK without an actual "UI" it's commonly used within Flash, Flash Builder, or FlashDevelop. Considering the integration with Flash IDE, there are very few tools that can compete with its features.Incentivized
Netbeans enhances my coding work, shows me where I have errors and helps find variable instances. I would be lost without find/replace in projects functionality as I use projects as templates for new projects. Occasionally the code hints aggravate me, but I understand that it is actually making me a better coder, working to get the 'green light' of a clean file with no errors or clumsy code.Incentivized
NetBeans has a very strong user community. We can find solutions here for almost all the problems we face. In addition, we can forward NetBeans Support teams the problems we cannot solve. We can get quick feedback from the support teams, but I generally try to solve my problems by following the forums.Incentivized
Originally, Adobe AIR was the only game in town, and its blend of flexibility in platforms it could publish to (PC, Mac, iOS, Android), ease of use, and familiarity made it the clear choice. Now Adobe no longer supports it, and we’ve found the transition to Harmon unworkable for us.Incentivized
It works very smoothly as compared to other tools . The problem of restarting and reimporting the projects is not in the netbeans IDE . The front end development features are good . Netbeans connector is one of the best thing which enables us to deeply integrate netbeans IDE with google chrome browser Incentivized
Allows easy porting of functionality and look and feel to many diverse platforms.Shorten development and deployment time.Reduced training and support costs by re-using common widgets.Incentivized
By working on Netbeans I just learned one more tool and can teach others about it. One should learn every tool so that it might help someday if another editor is not available and you have to use different software for your work.Compiling code became easy as it is not a feature of normal text editors. Only IDE can do this.Incentivized