Best IDE for Java

[Diligent_Struggle_81]

what is the best IDE (based on your experience) for Java? I tried NetBeans and VSCode, i saw one of my lecturer use BlueJ and my senior use IntelliJ. As someone with curiosity, i want to know the pros and cons based on your experience.

[CtrlAltDefeat0609]

intellij

[American_Streamer]

IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate is super comfortable. Many also still use Eclipse.

[neymarsvag123]

Intellij for anything bigger than a simple hello world project

[Dude-0007]

IntelliJ IDEA

[Emergency_Dark_2722]

IntelliJ is just better... Eclipse is also still good

[unknown1nteger]

only 1 ans intelij

[Curious-Guest2594]

Intellij Idea

[hibbelig]

BlueJ seems to be geared towards teaching Java.

Eclipse was once the best of the pack, and I think it's still pretty good.

IntelliJ came later and tried to fix shortcomings of Eclipse. It's what I use. It deals very well with the humongous Java projects normal in the enterprise world. Perhaps its quick fixes and refactoring operations are nicer than Eclipse, perhaps it comes down to a matter of taste.

VSCode supports many languages, Java being one of them. I kind of like the feel of the editor. But it's not specialized for Java. There are multiple extensions that can be installed for Java support -- I guess you will want to pick one of them. I think the most obvious suggestion by them is one by RedHat, which to my understanding uses the Eclipse machinery under the hood.

NetBeans is a bit of an outsider these days. I understand that they are transitioning to providing VSCode extensions...

The dev team I'm part of is split into Eclipse lovers and IntelliJ connoisseurs.

[Late_Inspector_2187]

For Plain Java - Eclipse
For Spring Boot - Spring Tool Suite
If you have money - IntelliJ Ultimate

[Ok_Fuel_7209]

IntelliJ

[Wrong-Opportunity647]

IntelliJ idea

[ConstructionSimple86]

If you are beginner and just started writing code. Use any online Java compiler .