What Java IDE should I use?

[AJK8213]

I was considering Eclipse, just want to get into spigot programming :L

I don't want a whole arguement over this thread but I just want like maybe a pros and cons list idk

 

[adamawesome135]

No Eclipse delete it use JetBrains Intellij

 

[Scifi]

IntelliJ is my preferred though tbh eclipse works fine though it is kinda aids to use in my own opinion

 

[firewalld]

I was considering Eclipse, just want to get into spigot programming :L

I don't want a whole arguement over this thread but I just want like maybe a pros and cons list idk

I've used both Eclipse and IntellIJ. I used Eclipse for nearly 3 years, and I'll tell you, IntellIJ is far superior. The code completion, tooling, and plugin support is way beyond Eclipse.

Ever since I started using IntellIJ, I've never considered going back. Not to mention JetBrains (the company who makes IntellIJ) have a bunch of similar IDEs. So if you decide to branch out into another language, good chance they will have an IDE for that language.

IntellIJ has got lots of solid features. Including native Maven, Gradle, and Git integration. You can also do lots of cool things like setup custom code completion.

IntellIJ has a sharper learning curve than Eclipse, but once you understand it, it's amazing. Not to mention, if you plan on getting into development seriously, all of their tools ship with the same interface, keybinds, and more. Makes working in other languages easy when you don't have to learn a brand new IDE everytime.

Something they just shipped is "Code With Me" (similar to FlooBits) basically you can do live-editing with another programmer in the same IDE. So if you haven't learned GIT yet (you should), you can work on your project with a buddy in realtime basically sharing your editor.

(TL;DR Eclipse is okay, but IntellIJ/Jetbrains is far superior IMO)

(Plugins for IntellIJ are wide-spread, you can find a plugin for pretty much everything). They also have a student program where you get all of their products for free if you have an EDU email.

JetBrains IDEs

.NET - Rider
PHP   - PhpStorm
HTML/CSS/JavaScript/TypeScript - Webstorm
Go - GoLang
DB Editor - DataGrip
C/C++ - CLion
Python - PyCharm

https://jetbrains.com/products (You can view all of their programs).

 

[Gunny]

IntelliJ for java is my fav. Otherwise I use visual studio code.

 

[Jonakls]

Intellij for java, is so beautiful

 

[n0rthmaster123]

IntelliJ is good.