http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html And since we're talking about switching stuff, another thing that I recently changed is the IDE I'm using on a day by day basis. I have been a long time Eclipse user, and I still think it is a great IDE, specially for the price (you can't beat free, can ... en Guillermo Castro Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:36:36 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comment1227886596283 You don't really have to check if a log level is enabled with SLF4J (at least most of the time): <a href="http://logback.qos.ch/manual/architecture.html" rel="nofollow">check the parameterized logging section in the Logback manual.</a> It is one of my main reasons to use it instead of log4j. Yuri http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comments http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comment1227886596283 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:36:36 GMT http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comment1227871997186 Hi Guillermo, IDEA is nice, as is Eclipse. They're just different beasts. I recently wrote <a href="http://stuq.nl/weblog/2008-09-15/intellij-and-eclipse-which-features-do-you-like" rel="nofollow">a blog post about my experiences with IntelliJ</a>.<br /> Daan http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comments http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comment1227871997186 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:33:17 GMT http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comment1227858293836 i used IDEA and its nice to hear some opinion about IDEA that is not Mac type of opinion -ask people why they are using mac and you will hear just noice ;) Anonymous http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comments http://javageek.org/2008/11/27/switching_to_idea_another_tale.html#comment1227858293836 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:44:53 GMT