What is better: Builder 2 oder Plug In

Hi guys!
As i couldn't find much about that, here is my question.
Maybe it is interesting enough for some experts to have smal
discussion.
What is better to use: builder or th plug-in.?
I don''t really need the to have a design view, so pure code
would be enough for me. And what I hate about the builder is the
performance when compiling large projects. Is this better if you
use Eclipse (which version) together with the plugin. Can you have
both installed and use the same project workplace to "share" the
projects, depending on what you want to do?
What gives me the best performance for writing, compiling,
debugging?
THX

See iPhone. See iPhone charged to 100%. See user using iPhone. User opens an app and uses it. When done user goes into recently used list and "closes" app. User does this each time when using an app. User gets 145 texts. 71 hours later iPhone only has 8% battery charge. See the battery in red. User charges it.
See iPhone. iPhone is charged to 100% See user using iPhone. See user opening apps and never closing them on the recently used app list. See recently used list grow to 66. User gets 141 texts. User gets 2 more phone calls than last time. 71 hours and 1 minute later iPhone has 8% battery charge. See the battery in red. User charges it.
See user get only 1 minute difference in battery life. See user not bother to close apps anymore. See user also explain this is not exactly scientific. See user release Spot to chase down Dah-veed. See user and Jane get busy now.

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