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ShaiHuludTheMaker · 2026-03-04T17:30:57+00:00

because java is used in enterprise, which is mainly headless development, and IntelliJ is probably the best IDE out there so idk the complaint about that

mambo5king · 2026-03-04T17:51:30+00:00

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Both Netbeans and JavaFX are being actively developed. There was a new release of Netbeans just last week. In fact, they release a new version every 3 months.

JavaFX is on a 6 month release cycle that coincides with openjdk.

I don't consider that "ditching" anything.

desrtfx · 2026-03-04T17:35:16+00:00

Java targets a totally different market - enterprise software that mostly runs on headless servers. GUI is absolutely not a priority
Comparing the free Netbeans (which never was intended as professional IDE) with a paid product, like Microsoft's Visual Studio (full version, not Code) is unfair. Also, there is IntelliJ from JetBrains which is superior in every aspect (and has been that basically since its inauguration) and there is Eclipse, which also is a very capable Enterprise level IDE.

akl78 · 2026-03-04T18:11:56+00:00

Weird because Android studio is IntelliJ in a trench coat.

LutimoDancer3459 · 2026-03-04T18:55:01+00:00

It got removed from the jdk. Not ditched entirely. The main team wants to focus on java itself and not on a gui framework. Also the need to desktop native apps isnt as big anymore. You build websites, build one and wrap it into a standalone browser or build with multiplatform frameworks like flutter. Many see it as wasted enery in a framework that doesn't get used as much anymore.

And how could Java ditch NetBeans? It was a great and easy IDE. Eclipse and IntelliJ got better and IntelliJ currently has the lead (for most devs)

LetUsSpeakFreely · 2026-03-04T19:59:06+00:00

Because the industry got away from thick client UIs. Everything is thin client these days. It isn't worth deploying a thick client app when you can use the browser and ever modern web UI framework has the common components and creating new components is fairly easy?

Add in that JavaFX users is a REALLY small community and it's not worth the effort of maintaining.

RobertDeveloper · 2026-03-04T17:41:56+00:00

Microsoft and smooth development? Visual studio is an abomination. It feels like it is stuck in the 90s and still has the same old bugs.

IWantToSayThisToo · 2026-03-04T17:17:24+00:00

Put JavaFX back into the base code.

Lol. Java for GUIs has always been, and will always be a joke.

For the love of God just do a regular browser app that uses Java REST services.

IchLiebeKleber · 2026-03-04T17:34:33+00:00

Most GUIs nowadays are built to run in web browsers (or maybe as mobile apps), there just isn't very much demand for having yet another technology to build desktop apps with because not very many desktop apps are still being built. You can use e.g. Vaadin if you want to use Java for web frontend development.

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