will installing several IDEs cause problems
aptana, eclipse, ide, intellij-idea
Solution
I've had both Eclipse and Aptana installed on the same machine with no problems. I've got Eclipse and NetBeans on this machine now, and I know that they don't interfere with one another in the slightest.
I've also had different versions of the same IDE (NetBeans) installed on one machine, with the different versions installed in different directories, and even that didn't cause any problems. You can even point them at the same project folders if you want.
Problem
I'm trying to evaluate a number of IDEs like Eclipse, intelliJ, Aptana, etc. to see which one suits my needs. My question is should I expect any problems from installing several IDEs on the same computer? I know that some IDEs are based on others (Aptana is eclipse-based) but intelliJ isn't), so would there be any problem installing both Aptana and Eclipse for example? Do you have more than a single IDE running together without problems? which ones?