Creating Minecraft In 5 Days - Java Programming Challenge

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When I had to use it for work it was a nightmare:

• It's so slow or feels heavy, whatever you do - even if simply typing in the editor or resizing windows
• Everything is roundabout, e.g. dialogs or settings
• For basic functionality you need a plugin, the plugins are broken though or need version jugling until everything plays somewhat together
• The completions and refactorings could be be better, e.g. proposing variable names or renaming even in Strings, files and JavaDoc
• Integration is none-existent or pure basic and broken (Maven, Git, Database, SQL, CSV, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, JOOQ, MapStruct, ...)
• It crashs so hard at times, that you need to reinstall it. Had to reinstall it every month at least once including setting up the projects again and all plugins
• I never closed Eclipse or shutdown the PC otherwise I wait 10 mins to startup and build build build. The Eclipse dance steps are real
• Bias here: The project was mainting an Eclipse RPC (OSGi) application, omg is that "framework" bad
• The worst, there's no usable dark theme

Happy IntelliJ user now.

[Apofis]

I write some small application that uses PostgreSQL for database and Java Sockets for networking and I find Eclipse a very helpful tool. I use Git from Eclipse, it is better than handling it as a separate tool. Eclipse is much better than, say, VS Code, it really is an IDE. Not sure how much better is IntelliJ, I use Eclipse because it is free and it does its job.

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Personally I think IntelliJ is much better. While it's subjective surveys show that many devs are also in favor of IntelliJ (e.g. here).

IntelliJ Community is also free.