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Ask HN: What is a good Java IDE?
I am learning Java and am trying to find a good free Java IDE. Any suggestions?
- seb_z_lite 15y agoNetbeans
- philbo 15y agoIntelliJ IDEA Community Edition http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
- sophacles 15y agoEclipse, Netbeans and IntelliJ all have strong user/fan-bases. Those might be a good place to start. (note: IntelliJ is only free for some editions and types of development).
- bartonfink 15y agoEclipse works well, is free and has good community support.
- zura 15y agoJCreator http://www.jcreator.com/ http://www.jcreator.com/ I think it is the only decent Java IDE not written in Java. From the site: "JCreator is written entirely in C++, which makes it fast and efficient compared to the Java based editors/IDE's."
- gooderlooking 15y agoIntelliJ Idea Ultimate is by far my favorite Java IDE. The community version (free version) is still good and updates are frequent, but you don't get as much of the "I" in IDE. Eclipse is free and has a huge user base, lots of plugins, and people even build full applications on top of the open platform.
- chc 15y agoThis kind of question is much better asked on a proper Q&A site like programmers.stackexchange.com, not a news site like HN.