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Can anyone who has been running the beta for a while comment about how NetBeans 7 stacks up to IntelliJ IDEA 10? I am trying both out, but I'm new to IDEs and s

Can anyone who has been running the beta for a while comment about how NetBeans 7 stacks up to IntelliJ IDEA 10? I am trying both out, but I'm new to IDEs and some opinions from those with more experience would be helpful.

karussell 16y ago
IntelliJ and NetBeans are both really good IDEs. I'm a NetBeans fan and I prefer having several projects open at a time. With intelliJ you can have only one project open. And also as a maven guy I prefer NetBeans. E.g. download sources + javadocs is done with one click for dependencies of your project.
- electrum 16y ago
  You can have multiple projects open in IntelliJ. When you open a second project, it prompts to open it in a "New Window" or "This Window". The confirm dialog has a "remember" option, which you can reset under Prefences -> General -> "Confirm window to open project in". IntelliJ can also download Maven sources + javadocs automatically via Preferences -> Maven -> Importing -> "Automatically download". Otherwise, you can download manually by selecting the Maven Projects tab and clicking the download icon. Opening a Maven project with IntelliJ is really easy: just open the pom.xml and it will automatically create the IDE project.
electrum 16y ago
I haven't used Netbeans, but IntelliJ is fantastic. The editor is fast and responsive, and features such as completion, inspections and refactoring work very well. Most of the professional Java developers I know use IntelliJ.
- kedi_xed 16y ago
  '...professional Java developers I know use IntelliJ' And how many do you know?
cubicle67 16y ago
Right at this moment I'm using NetBeans 7 and RubyMine (which is basically IntelliJ for Rails) simultaneously; RubyMine for Rails and NetBeans for PHP. They're running on a 2 year old macbook upgraded to 5gb ram and a 7200rpm drive. Both are nice and snappy and more than good.

karussell 16y ago

IntelliJ and NetBeans are both really good IDEs. I'm a NetBeans fan and I prefer having several projects open at a time. With intelliJ you can have only one project open. And also as a maven guy I prefer NetBeans. E.g. download sources + javadocs is done with one click for dependencies of your project.

electrum 16y ago
You can have multiple projects open in IntelliJ. When you open a second project, it prompts to open it in a "New Window" or "This Window". The confirm dialog has a "remember" option, which you can reset under Prefences -> General -> "Confirm window to open project in". IntelliJ can also download Maven sources + javadocs automatically via Preferences -> Maven -> Importing -> "Automatically download". Otherwise, you can download manually by selecting the Maven Projects tab and clicking the download icon. Opening a Maven project with IntelliJ is really easy: just open the pom.xml and it will automatically create the IDE project.

electrum 16y ago

I haven't used Netbeans, but IntelliJ is fantastic. The editor is fast and responsive, and features such as completion, inspections and refactoring work very well. Most of the professional Java developers I know use IntelliJ.

kedi_xed 16y ago
'...professional Java developers I know use IntelliJ' And how many do you know?

cubicle67 16y ago

Right at this moment I'm using NetBeans 7 and RubyMine (which is basically IntelliJ for Rails) simultaneously; RubyMine for Rails and NetBeans for PHP. They're running on a 2 year old macbook upgraded to 5gb ram and a 7200rpm drive. Both are nice and snappy and more than good.