IntelliJ IDEA - My favourite Java IDE

Saturday, June 17th, 2006 @ 12:46 am | Java, Tips

IntelliJ IDEA LogoLooks like I am back with developing in Java. I have been using IDEA 5.0 for a while now, so I went to JetBrains website to download the latest version, 5.1.2. IDEA requires a commercial license and some of their plugins are commercial as well, so be prepare to pay for it. At USD499 per license, it is very expensive. But to me, Eclipse SDK is still not as good as IDEA in certain areas which… I think makes programming more enjoyable. Eclipse is open-source, free and have lots of community and big companies support. Personally, I use Eclipse with a PHP plugin to do my PHP stuff.

I would love to brag about the goodness of IDEA and compare it with Eclipse, but I think a quick Google would do much better. :)

oh ya… IDE means Integrated Development Environment. You can’t possibly program anything serious without the help of an IDE. It reduce errors, bugs and increases your productivity, the bigger the application, the bigger the “Goodness”.

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