Re: What IDE for Java do you use?



I use IntelliJ at my day job and Eclipse when consulting privately.
I've also use JDeveloper and JBuilder, both of which were inusably slow
at the time but may be better)..

IntelliJ PRO: Easier to use than Eclipse, works out of the box,
includes wizards to create beans, servlets, web projects, etc. You
almost never have to hand modify a configuration XML file (like
web.xml). Lots of plug-ins available.
IntelliJ CON: Costs money (around $300 as I recall)

Eclipse PRO: Its free. There are an insane number of add on plug-ins
available.
Eclipse CON: The plug-ins are very buyer-beware, many don't work well
and can be difficult to get them to play together. There are some
excellent web design plug-ins (I use one that includes Tomcat
integration) but no wizards for web development. Setting up Eclipse to
work with all the plug-ins you want will require an investment in time.

-Robert

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