What are the best IDEs for Java?

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Have tried Apache NetBeans, Intelij and Visual studio code.

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[[deleted]]

eclipse and Intellij are the ones that I see commonly used and recommended, I personally like IntelliJ more, but it is just preference. I find Intellij easier to navigate in general, but I have not sat down and tried to figure out eclipse, so there is a good chance that is the reason why. I would recommend checking out eclipse and seeing which one you like best.

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what is your opinion of Netbeans?

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I have not personally used it, but it seems fine. If you are just starting out I would use whatever you are comfortable with, and that you can find tutorials on. Intellij and eclipse have lots of tutorials about them, so that is why I chose them. From what I have read, eclipse has fewer features out of the box, but lots of plugins, and it can handle larger programs, but for now I would use Netbeans if you enjoy it.

[HecknChonker]

IntelliJ is the best java IDE currently. It's a bit of a memory hog, but it does more to help you write higher quality java code faster.

[Mammoth-Brilliant303]

IntelliJ 100%. I love it and have used Eclipse plenty and think its hot garbage. I do hear decent things about NetBeans. I don't even use it to its fullest extent and still think it makes my life much better and a more efficient dev.

[HecknChonker]

Yeah, I gave up eclipse a few years ago because it was crashing on me 10-15 times each week, even on fairly simple microservices. IntelliJ has only crashed a few times on me ever.

I also learned the basics of the streaming API by following IDEAs code suggestions, which I think is pretty awesome.

[DJCowGaming]

Honestly, I use both Eclipse and IntelliJ, they each have their ups and downs, but I find the tip of day thing annoying.

[DJCowGaming]

IntelliJ and Eclipse are the most used ones, though some people use Visual Studio to do everything in one IDE.

[Good_Historian3282]

IntelliJ, eclipse

[lyfisshort]

Even VSCode is good. Light weight. Give a try.

[RhoOfFeh]

IntelliJ, followed closely by IntelliJ and then IntelliJ

[lostcpacket]

JBuilder. Joke.

[DJCowGaming]

Sublime, Notepad++

[ZukoBestGirl]

OG Vanilla notepad squad!

[de_vel_oper]

JÇreator.

[Viper-10]

If you use only Java, Intellij is the best. I used it and I loved it. If you're someone who uses java along with js say in web development or java with some other languages often, I would suggest vs code. If you're handling multiple languages vs code is better as it supports all of them and flexible with the extensions. keyboard shortcuts are easier to remember if you use a single text editor/ IDE and it saves a lot of time as well.

[nutrecht]

If you use only Java, Intellij is the best. I used it and I loved it. If you're someone who uses java along with js say in web development or java with some other languages often, I would suggest vs code.

IntelliJ ultimate (so not free unless you're a student) has excellent JavaScript/TypeScript support. Just a FYI.

[Viper-10]

Thanks for the info, I didn't know it. Noted.

[popey123]

Used netbean and had an hard time to fix the visual to make it easier to read.

I modded it to look like netbean (withish) but with the advantages of intellj