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Java

Posted by janeporter
janeporter
Courses Plus Student 23,471 Points

What is a good Java IDE for learning(and developement)?

I am about to go back to studying Java and would like to know what would be considered a good IDE for coding, compiling, and running Java programs on my local machine. Nothing against Workspaces, but the actual space provided is somewhat limiting for me. So I try to limit my use of it as much as possible.

I have also discoved other learning tools (which I feel is necessary in order to be able to complete the current track here) that I would like to go through first, or along with, the Treehouse track.

I've looked at intellij and netbeans so far, but would like to know about others before deciding on one. Thanks for your insight and assisstance.

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,695 Points

isn't eclipse the default?

5 Answers

janeporter
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janeporter
Courses Plus Student 23,471 Points
janeporter
janeporter
Courses Plus Student 23,471 Points

don't know. when installing the JDK Oracle offered Netbeads as an option. don't know anything about eclipse.

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,695 Points

i had a look at a couple articles, and the ones that seem to come up again and again are eclipse, netbeans, and intellij. The one i tended to see in java tutorials online was eclipse, but that might just be chance. (if you want something purely for learning purposes, you could try BlueJ, but i'd use a realworld IDE myself)

Yousef Allam
Yousef Allam
38 Points
Yousef Allam
Yousef Allam
38 Points

hands down netbeans is a great start

Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points
Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points

At a large University in the USA we were told to use Netbeans. I personally like Intellij based purely on aesthetics.

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

If you think you'd be doing any android development in the future try IntelliJ since Android Studio is based on that.

janeporter
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janeporter
Courses Plus Student 23,471 Points
janeporter
janeporter
Courses Plus Student 23,471 Points

Thank you all for your input. I will look into both in more detail.