Migrating From NetBeans to Eclipse

Question

My company wants to migrate to Eclipse, I was wondering what options besides an Ant build are there to move our projects from Netbeans to Eclipse.

Answer 1

Tooooo ... oooo .... oooo late to answer but this works

http://www.coderanch.com/t/458555/vc/Export-Netbeans-Eclipse

i was looking for an answer my self and saw this question :)

Quoting:

Here is a little tutorial on "Importing projects from NetBeans to Eclipse".

Please try this:

PART I - NETBEANS

1. Open NebBeans.
2. Create a java project named "ToEclipse".
3. Build this project.

Then, NetBeans has created several folders. The important folders to us are (in my computer):

• c:\User\Almir\NetBeans\ToEclipse\dist
• c:\User\Almir\NetBeans\ToEclipse\src

PART II - ECLIPSE

1. Go to Eclipse.
2. Create a java project in Eclipse named "ToEclipse".

Then, Eclipse has created several folders. The important folders to us are (in my computer):

• c:\Users\Almir\Eclipse\ToEclipse\bin
• c:\Users\Almir\Eclipse\ToEclipse\src

PART III - WINDOWS EXPLORER

1. Go to Windows Explorer.
2. Copy the FILE "ToEclipse.jar" at c:\Users\Almir\Eclipse\ToEclipse\bin folder.
3. Past it in c:\Users\Almir\Eclipse\ToEclipse\bin
4. Copy the FOLDER "toeclipse" at c:\User\Almir\NetBeans\ToEclipse\src folder. Past it in b) c:\Users\Almir\Eclipse\ToEclipse\src folder.

PART IV - ECLIPSE

1. Go to Eclipse.
2. Press F5 to refresh the view.
3. Verify that your project is there (under ToEclipse/src/toeclipse).
4. Say "Oh! Yes! It works!".
5. Run the project.
6. Return to 3) how many times you want!

I hope that helps you!

Kind regards, Almir Campos São Paulo, Brazil.

Answer 2

I found another easier way that worked for me at least since I had problems importing the Ant build script due to a missing javac.

Say you have your Netbeans project (src, build, dist etc) in D:/blah/

In Eclipse go to File->New->Java Project

Uncheck 'Use default location' and instead use the path where the Netbeans project is (D:/blah/) Eclipse should automatically populate everything else and link to the files as well.

Answer 3

I have recently 'migrated' from Netbeans to Eclipse and found it amazingly easy. The reason it was easy though is that all of our projects are IDE independent standard ant and ivy build scripts that most modern IDE's can understand. This way, we all get to use the IDE we like (yes - emacs and vi too) and their are no 'migration' issues.

The reason that I am pointing that out is that, if it is not already that way, I would recommend that you take that same path on your migration. Just create some standard ant (and ivy) build scripts. Eclipse knows how to slurp those in and there will be no future migration issues.

Answer 4

in MY PERSONAL experience, it was easy. I was migrating a java desktop app from netbeans to eclipse. Just copy my projects into the workspace, create the project in eclipse as a new java project and put the same name of the project in netbeans (use your workspace as location). It will recognize the project structure ( Eclipse Helios, Netbeans 6.8 )

Hope this helps. I don't know how hard it turns if you have another kind of project.