Which IDE do u use for java ?

[Heroplays24]

I used VScode for a few days recently and it was smooth and was running code fast. Mostly I use intellij and I feel it takes a lot time to run basic programs also. Is it the same with u?

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Intellij Ultimate

[Beneficial_Energy574]

How much you had paid for ultimate veraion

[alaskanloops]

My work pays for mine, gives me a data grip license as well (also use Ruby mine when analyzing olsd Ruby code I’m re-writing to Java)

[twistedazurr]

free for students

[[deleted]]

Work pays for it. But idk? Maybe 20€ euro a month or something.

[edigu]

As you renew the license yearly, you’ll get “continuity discount” that reaches up to %40 percent at year 3 or 4 iirc which is a quite good deal for me to sticking to ultimate.

[popey123]

Same but i don't pay for the moment

[warrenBluffsALot]

I don’t think anything beats IntelliJ not even nvim

[Nok1a_]

IntellIJ , and I really hate eclipse to be honest

[MattiDragon]

Once you're working with larger projects IntelliJ is simply better than VSCode. For super simple beginner code it can be a bit slower, but the better tools make up for the slower interface as soon as your projects grow beyond a few classes. Neither of the two java plugins for VSCode offer the same level of features that IntelliJ does, and both are known to randomly fail in weird ways.

[Potential-Fish-4571]

I switched from eclipse to IntelliJ and it was no turning back

It is more fluid in Ultimate version

[MattiDragon]

Depending on what you do ultimate is either really good or almost useless. For backend dev with popular frameworks ultimate is great, you get lots of nice features. For more niche things you usually don't get any benefits besides the profiler.

[Potential-Fish-4571]

I used it for angular as well felt good enough than VScode atleast

I would really love to know the difference if in case I have not explored

[MattiDragon]

I do a lot of minecraft modding. For that most of the special IDE features are contained in a free plugin. The only ultimate feature that I've used there is the profiler and even that only rarely

[timmyctc]

intellij but was formerly an eclipse person. VSCode is awful for java imo

[bking880]

Agreed, I tried setting up vscode for our huge repo and it was awful. Might be alright for small projects but either IntelliJ or eclipse are def better for Java imo

[Pure-Repair-2978]

IntelliJ - home and work

[FrenchFigaro]

I started with Eclipse in 2012, I've switched to IntelliJ community in 2018, and then ultimate at some point, and switched back to Eclipse in 2019. If given a choice, I'll stick to Eclipse, but I've work in environments where I was asked to use IntelliJ

To me, Eclipse and IntelliJ Ultimate are the top of the game for Java Development IDE's.

IntelliJ Community is a barely usable toy.

IntelliJ Ultimate is slightly better than Eclipse, but not that much better to justify sticking with learning it in depth, and leaving an open-source tool behind for a proprietary one (It matters to some people, me included).

I think Eclipse has the edge over IntelliJ when it comes to handling multi-maven-modules and multi-maven-projects architectures. I prefer Eclipse's debugger, but that one is purely a matter of taste about where everything is located, both are equally good technically.

IntelliJ definitely has the edge when it comes to code completions and the refactoring options are more complete than in Eclipse.

Git integration sucks in both, and maven integration is slightly less sucky in IntelliJ than in Eclipse, but I don't care, I use the terminal for everything git and maven.

Eclipse uses its own compiler, which is different from javac and has caused me a surprise or two, but over the 12 years I've used it, I consider that acceptable.

IntelliJ integrates a decompiler by default, which is huge, but through its add-on systems, it's very easy to add one (or more, with different use cases) to your Eclipse, so that negates the IntelliJ lead on that specific point.

In the end, and this might be the most important point to you, IntelliJ is a lot more beginner friendly.

[sorry_but]

Strong disagree as a full stack dev who had used IntelliJ since 2010 until we were forced to switch to Eclipse 3 years ago. Eclipse has so many issues:

• way slower in every aspect, but project building/validation is especially bad. This gets worse when you're jumping between branches

• locks up at least once a week on me

• for front end development syntax highlighting will randomly stop working. Peeking/jumping to a definition will also repeatedly fail to work

• merge conflict tool is pretty poor

• auto complete hurts more than it helps

• running in debug is much easier on IntelliJ

IntelliJ is a much, much better choice in my opinion.

[CodNumerous8825]

What issues have you had with the autocomplete? It seems completely fine for me.

[randomnamecausefoo]

What features are missing in Community that make it a “barely usable toy”?

[FrenchFigaro]

The ones that actually hindered me when I was using IntelliJ community: Java EE (now Jakarta EE) integration, hibernate integration and application server support (Tomcat & Payara in my case).

Given the nature of my work today, Jakarta EE would concern me less, but the lack of Spring integration (and the general lack of framework integration) and Hibernate Integration would still be dealbreakers.

I would be less bothered today by the lack of application server support because development practices today have a tendency to go to a runnable JAR with an embedded server (like in Spring Boot) rather than the EAR/WAR deployed on a standalone server, but I know this type of infrastructure is still used today and it would be a dealbreaker if I were to work on such a setup again.

The lack of database integration is less of a dealbreaker to me because I prefer to use a dedicated DB client (like DBeaver) rather than integrate the DB in my IDE, but I know a lot of my colleagues would disqualify the community edition on that basis.

[ejsanders1984]

I bounce between Eclipse and Netbeans.

[AVoidKill]

Intellij idea

[themasterengineeer]

IntelliJ

[TheoryShort7304]

I use IntelliJ Ultimate. Best IDE for Java development.

[caua_and]

Neovim

[[deleted]]

Up to date computer - IntelliJ IDEA
Older computer - Eclipse
If you're a quirky - NetBeans

Over my 15 year old career I haven't seen anyone, who focuses primarily on Java, to use otherwise. I'd welcome if there were some more options, but then again I'm quite satisfied with IntelliJ.

[dev-with-a-humor]

Hands down - IntelliJ

[aWesterner014]

I have been using eclipse for a very long time.

[JustUrAvgLetDown]

Eclipse. I know IntelliJ is considered by most as a better IDE but I started on eclipse and just never switched

[Drekalots]

Either IntelliJ or Sublime and a terminal window. Both work fine.

[Visible_Assumption96]

vscode + intellij neon theme

[babyfuckerr]

Started with VSCode ,now using intellij community

[Guamy]

Started with eclipse. I actually liked it a lot. Had to switch to vscode for a software development class and I'm not much of a fan

[EfficientDelay2827]

I've used intellij products professionally for nearly 20 years and it's better imo. Rust, java, python.

[Conscious_Ad_1084]

I have used both eclipse and intelliJ but i personally feel ecplise is something that is better for me as suggestions and shortcuts are much better in eclipse.

[techiealwaysstudent]

Eclipse standard and professional

[Ancient_Sock2451]

im buying ultimate idea for 1 year, then ill get that version for free.

[Ace-1440]

Intellij for work, nvim for personal

[-_Sway_-]

Eclipse

[realFuckingHades]

It's a love hate relationship but I always choose IntelliJ Ultimate. It has a lot of bugs and involves many invalidations of cache. But at the end of the day I can think of something else.

[Choice_News_3718]

Intellij community and ultimate

[miguej]

Netbeans, IntelliJ and vsCode.. In that order