Re: IDE/Rational Apex experiences

[KJPrice@bellatlantic.net]

I've used Rational's Apex environment on a large embedded aerospace
project in a large defense contractor's facility.  Personally, I enjoyed
working in the Apex environment.  The company obtained a coporate
license for Apex and is still using it today.  Apex is fantastic for
bringing new people up to speed quickly by bringing Code development,
CM, and compilation into a single user interface.  
     A tool of this magnitude does not go without cost, Apex requires
~64 megs of memory (I think it will use as much as you can give it). 
The platform we used were Sun SparcStation 10s and 20s; again the faster
the better.  But have you seen other IDEs run better the more memory or
speed you take away from it?  If so, bring it out of hiding and let the
world know about it!
     I've also used the following combinations: CodeWright/MSVC/PVCS,
VI/EMACS/SCCS/CC, DECAda/CMS/LSE, Borland's IDEs, and AdaCAPS; Apex has
them beat!

Just MHO though.

Damian O'Neill wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to collect any thoughts, comments, suggestions or experiences that people have had in moving from a non-integrated development environment, e.g. vi for text editting, SCCS for CM, a third party compiler/debugger etc. to an integrated development environment, specifically Rational Apex supporting Ada95 and C++ in mid to large sized projects. What problems did you have, were there productivity improvements, was it better or worse than what you had, what are the good points, what are the
> ?
> 
> Also, if you could suggest any other appropriate newsgroups it would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in anticipation,
> 
> Damian