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Java

Posted by Mayank Sharma
Mayank Sharma
3,025 Points

Which IDE should i install?

I am learning java , so which IDE should i install on my system?

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

Eclipse is in my opinion the best because of the user interface.

3 Answers

Derek Markman
Derek Markman
16,291 Points
Derek Markman
Derek Markman
16,291 Points

In most of the java course videos they will use Intellij IDEA if I recall correctly, but once you become comfortable in one IDE you will be able to quickly start using an unfamiliar one. The only IDE I've ever used is intellij and I really like it. Plus, if you were to start delving into android development, google's official IDE for android dev. is called Android Studio, which is based off of Intellij's framework. So, you won't have hardly any trouble transferring over if you learn how to use intellij.

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

I would go with Eclipse, but I also have netbeans installed for when I add forms into my programs- it is real helpful with that kind of thing.

Lukas Dahlberg
Lukas Dahlberg
53,736 Points
Lukas Dahlberg
Lukas Dahlberg
53,736 Points

Eclipse AND Intellij IDEA. Both are useful, but I find Eclipse preferable for web development (it's easier to update JS files, for instance), it's a little easier to set up in terms of preferences, and it doesn't have extraneous files in the project model which one has to ignore when using Git, but Intellij is my preference for pure Java because it has a cleaner interface, it does a better job building directories than Eclipse, and the documentation is better.