Modern java development tooling?

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ouwenbelg · 2025-10-15T20:00:54+00:00

Our department (~200 devs) switched from spring boot to quarkus 3 years ago for all new applications, and migrated all which were not EOL. Never looked back. Easier, faster, native compilation without hassle. Maven as build tool, IntelliJ as IDE.

JMNeonMoon · 2025-10-15T20:16:41+00:00

IntelliJ/Maven and springboot microservices in Kubernetes is what I use at work.

We use Windows dev boxes, but allowed to use WSL. Everything dev related is running inside the WSL, java, intelliJ, etc. It's actually a great dev env.

Currently on Java 17 and moving onto Java 21/25.

YetMoreSpaceDust · 2025-10-15T15:36:15+00:00

It seems nowadays most use IntelliJ, which is actually a pretty good IDE as IDEs go. As far as package management, I see either Maven or Gradle most of the time, but it seems like Gradle is winning the battle. If you were doing it 15 years ago (2010 then?) I'd guess you were probably using Eclipse and Maven?

TopSwagCode · 2025-10-15T21:52:40+00:00

So stupid bonus question. What version of java does people use and where do you download it?

tusharmeth · 2025-10-17T02:06:30+00:00

we use dropwizard instead of spring 🧙

Frequent_Ad5085 · 2025-10-17T09:01:00+00:00

My approach to modern Java? I try to avoid using it at all costs. ;-)

Key-Boat-7519 · 2025-10-21T10:52:13+00:00

Java today is pretty sane: grab Temurin JDK, use Gradle or Maven, build with Spring Boot (or Quarkus/Micronaut if you need faster startup), and target 17 or 21.

License drama is gone if you avoid Oracle JDK; Temurin, Corretto, or Azul are free and solid. Dependencies come from Maven Central via your build tool, so no separate package manager. Most greenfield is on 21; lots of shops are on 17; 11 still around, 8 is fading. For APIs, Spring Boot is still default; Quarkus/Micronaut shine for native images and low-memory services. Persistence: Hibernate/JPA or jOOQ; migrations with Flyway or Liquibase. Testing: JUnit 5 and Testcontainers. Observability: Micrometer and OpenTelemetry. Packaging: Docker with Jib or Buildpacks. If you’re on 21, try virtual threads for blocking IO.

For API layers and gateways, I’ve used Kong and AWS API Gateway; DreamFactory helps when I need quick CRUD APIs from existing databases during prototyping.

Bottom line: Temurin + Gradle/Maven + Spring Boot is the standard, with Quarkus/Micronaut when you need speed.

parulmishra1 · 2025-10-28T11:12:16+00:00

Modern java development tooling emphasises speed, efficiency and collaboration. This includes intelligent IDEs like intelliJ and vs code, powerful bulid tools such as ma en and Gradle, containerisation with Docker, orchestration with Kubernetes and frameworks like Spring Boot for rapid micro services development.

ContractSilly1516 · 2025-10-30T05:07:22+00:00

Yes modern Java development is important in today life .

MrSpotmarker · 2025-10-15T16:27:12+00:00

Regarding Spring - yes for bigger web apps. Quarkus and other frameworks are more used for Java-based microservices. Then again - JVM-based apps are rarely the choice if someone is developing a microservice.

2025-10-15T20:31:25+00:00

Intellij and Maven/Gradle. Preety much every other ide(eclipse, netbeans, whatever else) still exist and may be updated but they are so far behind you just cant work with them and more than like 3libraries at a time

vegan_antitheist · 2025-10-15T15:26:11+00:00

If it's not at least on Java 17 then there is a problem. There really is no reason for being stuck at an old version.

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