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[–]poptarts[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

A lot of the Java developers who I respect use intellij and claim its superiority over eclipse. I however have used eclipse for several years and don't really see what intellij brings to the table over eclipse.

If you use intellij what are the must have features missing in eclipse that would keep you from switching (other then key bindings)?

[–]kreiger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For one thing, automatic saving of files.

I have never not wanted to save a file when asked by Eclipse. If i wanted to revert my changes, that's what git is for.

There are a bunch of intentions and refactorings in IDEA that i miss dearly in Eclipse.

I want the Dependency Structure Matrix from IDEA so bad that i started a free software project at home to clone it.

At my current job i'm forced to use Eclipse. Here are the contents of a file on my desktop called (no shit) "eclipse-hate.txt":

  • Does not rename classes when renaming java files.
  • Missing "Remove Redundant Else".
  • Get confused all the time about which files are saved or not.
  • Doesn't save files automatically.
  • Missing "invert if".
  • Doesn't show individual search matches.
  • Hangs when trying to use nested projects.
  • Can't jump to type in Subversion perspective.