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Does anyone know where I can find the most recent feature comparison document for Spring IDE plugin vs SpringSource Tool Suite STS (version 3.3.0)?
I believe Eclipse made some good progress in Kepler release, (for example Maven support being shipped in) so was wondering if the feature gap between Eclipse+Spring IDE plugin and STS highlighted in 2.9.2 Feature Comparison were reduced in Eclipse Java EE Kepler.
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You should definitely use SpringSource Tool Suite, an Eclipse-based IDE created by SpringSource themselves.
SpringSource Tool Suite may be slow due to automatic building. To improve the performance, you should build only when needed or by demand. To disable automatic build, go to the STS Tool Bar, click Project, and ensure Build Automatically is not selected.
STS is an Eclipse-based development environment that is customized for the development of Spring applications. It provides a ready-to-use environment to implement, debug, run and deploy your applications.
Spring Tool Suite (STS) is a java IDE tailored for developing Spring-based enterprise applications. It is easier, faster, and more convenient. And most importantly it is based on Eclipse IDE. STS is free, open-source, and powered by VMware.
There is not much difference now between Eclipse + Spring-IDE and STS. The main difference is that when you download STS, you are guaranteed that all the bits and pieces work together. When you install Eclipse + Spring-IDE, you may have some compatibility problems and trouble installing or upgrading.
My advice is this: if you already have an Eclipse that has custom plugins installed, then go with Eclipse + Spring-IDE and if you are starting from scratch, go with STS.
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