Ask HN: Review my project - Breve, a simple Java IDE.

20 points

16 years ago

A few classmates and I were working on a project for CS169 at UC Berkeley - the typical "software engineering" class that many seniors take immediately prior to graduating. No projects ever see the light of day - so we thought it'd be cool to launch ours right here on Hacker News.

Breve is a simplified Java IDE built for people who would otherwise use something like Eclipse. We've found Eclipse to be slow to load, difficult to learn, and difficult to use what we think should be built-in functionality. (ie, subversion integration)

Breve's about two things: 1) Simplified UI, lightning-fast to load. 2) Seamless Subversion Integration.

Breve does few things, is ridden with bugs, and that's why we'd like your feedback on it. A few of my group members were hesitant about releasing it so early, but ultimately agreed that it would be better to launch a half-baked version now.

In any case, the IDE can be seen and downloaded from http://getbreve.com. It supports Windows and Linux, with Mac on the way.

Looking forward to any feedback on what you'd like from such an IDE. Landing page feedback is helpful too :)

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