IntelliJ and Docker are nice productivity tools, but I am not sure they are the best tools from an educational standpoint. If I had to learn Java (and probably

IntelliJ and Docker are nice productivity tools, but I am not sure they are the best tools from an educational standpoint. If I had to learn Java (and probably J2EE or Spring), I would start from the bottom: - bare-bone, locally installed JDK - lightweight IDE - central build server - central deployment server configured for multiple projects. Why do you need docker locally?