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Java

Marina Alenskaja
Marina Alenskaja
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Posted by Marina Alenskaja
Marina Alenskaja
9,320 Points

What software do you use for Java programming?

Hey everyone!

I what software do you use for Java programming? I am starting computer science in a week and I would like to explore all the cool tools and software out there.

Mayur Pande
Mayur Pande
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Mayur Pande
Mayur Pande
Courses Plus Student 11,711 Points

If your talking in terms of an IDE, I use eclipse. There is also netbeans as well, but I preferred eclipse.

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Rob Bridges
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Rob Bridges
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Hey Marina,

The big three are Eclipse, Netbeans, or IntelliJ.

IntelliJ is what treehouse uses in their later java courses, so you can take the development IDE course to learn a bit about it and I've used it for about a year, and switched to it after using Eclipse and Net beans so keep in mind that I'm pretty biased in favor of IntelliJ.

However all 3 of these programs can get the job done, I recommend you try them, pick your favorite and stick to it. There's plenty of good guides for all of them. I listed links to the most popular 3 below.

intelliJ

eclipse

netbeans

Thanks, let me know if there's anything else that I could clear up.

Marina Alenskaja
Marina Alenskaja
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Marina Alenskaja
Marina Alenskaja
9,320 Points

Cool thanks, I'll check it out! :-)

JT Keller
JT Keller
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JT Keller
JT Keller
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There are several tools available to Java developers. Some of the more popular IDE's have already been mentioned like Eclipse (STS a Spring variant), IntelliJ IDEA, and Netbeans. Each has its own strength and weaknesses. Eclipse is fairly popular, open sourced, and has plenty of useful plugins. IntelliJ IDEA is a proprietary IDE and is great for Java as well as Node.js. It also has a great plugin library. I haven't used Netbeans in a while, but I found it useful for quickly prototyping GUIs for Java projects because of the built in drag and drop GUI builder.

I'd also recommend looking into tools that help with dependencies and build management. Maven and Gradle are some good ones to start with. In my opinion, learning how to use the Command Line is essential. It can seem a little complex at first but will make your development faster and easier in the log run.

Hope this helps and Happy Coding!