Thursday 18 October 2018

Studio Developer Cool New Feature #10 - Modern IDE

At number 10, we start off our series on the 10 cool new features with "Modern IDE".

More and more developers learn to code using a modern IDE and so when they start using CA Gen's current toolset, or have to switch between Gen and a modern IDE, the contrast between the user experience of the Gen toolset and the modern development tools
makes Gen seem out of date and this can create resistance to using Gen or at least, liking it and appreciating it's many strengths.

Studio Developer is based on Eclipse, one of the best known industry standard development environments.  In developing the user interface for Studio Developer, we have carefully balanced the need for ease of use and intuitive behaviour consistent with Eclipse standards with the desire to make it very easy for existing Gen developers to pick up and use without needing any training.

Over a period of nearly 2 years, Studio Developer has been tested by a number of customers and the feedback on the new user interface has been very positive. Here are some comments that we received:
  • "It is more intuitive to use (it reminds me of RDz, Visual Studio, Eclipse)" 
  • "Studio Developer is easier to get used to. It takes a long time to get used to the old toolset" 
  • "If you have forgotten how to do something, you get much more help" 
  • "More manageable, and easy to find out where to do what"

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