6.7. Putting Your IDE to Work

Please do not allow something that has been mentioned in this chapter as a major feature of one IDE to sway you entirely toward that product. Almost all of the features mentioned here are shared among the different IDEs. Sometimes they are easier to use, more prominent, or more powerful. They all have debuggers. They all have inspectors. They all have wizards. In the end, choosing an IDE will be entirely a matter of personal preference—what others around you are using, how serious you think you'll need to be, and what your budget is.

In the next couple of sections, we will take a quick look at some common things you need to do to work in these various IDEs, such as setting up a project, using the built-in templates ...

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