Artful Code

For the past few weeks I’ve been using the NetBeans (with the new Python module) as my primary IDE. I generally use TextMate, which is more than an editor and less than the kitchen sink, lying somewhere between BBEdit and Emacs. TextMate is fast and a pleasure to use, but lately I have found myself in need of something a little more robust.

Not long ago a project required me to learn a little Java. As a long-time elitist functional programmer, I was not extremely excited. Due to the low quality of Java software I have used, I assumed, like many, that Java produced slow, bloated, and buggy software. Some languages just feel clunky. Submit article