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cjnkns
June 29th, 2009, 08:31 PM
I was at work recently and a co-worker stopped by my desk to show me something. At the time I was using Intellij Idea and he asked why I was using a dying IDE. He continues to say that Eclipse was the way the industry was moving.

I know this could be one of those my IDE vs your IDE kinda of things, but would just like to get some of your thoughts on this subject.

Is Eclipse the way to go and Intellij "dying"?
Can+~
June 29th, 2009, 10:20 PM
Never heard of it until now.
unknownPoster
June 29th, 2009, 10:24 PM
Never heard of it until now.

Same here.

I just looked it up and it doesn't seem to be as "robust" as Netbeans or Eclipse.
ideaplan9
June 30th, 2009, 01:48 AM
I was at work recently and a co-worker stopped by my desk to show me something. At the time I was using Intellij Idea and he asked why I was using a dying IDE. He continues to say that Eclipse was the way the industry was moving.

I know this could be one of those my IDE vs your IDE kinda of things, but would just like to get some of your thoughts on this subject.

Is Eclipse the way to go and Intellij "dying"?

My university recommends Eclipse, many parts of the curriculum depend upon it, and at work everybody uses Eclipse. Some of the inhouse tools at work are also built on top of Eclipse. Personally I don't know anybody using any other IDE. Maybe Visual Studio, and that's it really.

:-?
cjnkns
June 30th, 2009, 06:14 AM
WOW - ok I guess that kinda answers my question. :)


Thanks for the replies!
jespdj
June 30th, 2009, 07:47 AM
Eclipse and NetBeans are the two most popular IDEs for Java.

However, saying that IntelliJ IDEA is "dying" is probably taking it a bit far.
simeon87
June 30th, 2009, 08:22 AM
I had never heard of it as well. I checked their website but the fact that you can only download a 30 day free trial version won't help either (for its popularity)... Eclipse and Netbeans can be used freely.
cjnkns
June 30th, 2009, 06:46 PM
I have been using it for a while becuase I was able to get an academic license for it.

To be honest it's a pretty slick and nice IDE. I went to NFJS twice over the last two years and they speakers there always promote this IDE above all others. But, most of the places I have wokred have used Eclipse or RAD (eclipse based IDE's).
CptPicard
June 30th, 2009, 07:22 PM
IDEA has always been the pioneer so honestly I do not think it is going anywhere soon..
Simian Man
June 30th, 2009, 07:26 PM
If it works for you, who cares whether its popularity is declining? Use what works for you.

That said, you'd be smart to learn as many tools as you can so you can make a smart decision about what *does* work well for you.
NielsBhor
July 1st, 2009, 02:56 AM
whichever IDE gets the job done better....use that...who cares really....unless you really want to tweak all the performance per clock cycles
Simian Man
July 1st, 2009, 08:53 AM
whichever IDE gets the job done better....use that...who cares really....unless you really want to tweak all the performance per clock cycles

What on earth are you talking about? An IDE has nothing to do with the performance of your application. All Java IDEs will just use the standard Java implementation.
AmishDave
July 14th, 2009, 09:49 PM
Eclipse is the most common ide because it's free. RAD is more common in an enterprise setting because it's basically eclipse with better support of websphere (if you're an ibm shop). For companies that don't use the extra features of RAD it becomes an IDE with someone to yell at if it's breaking.

As for Intellij...it's probably the third most common I've ran into and is definately not dying. Because it's proprietary you're less likely to see it in small scale use or in schools. But if you're at the enterprise level and not an IBM company then Intellij is actually a really good option. It offers better support of frameworks like spring. Yes there's an eclipse plug in for spring but it's not quite as polished.

As for those who say "Who cares if it's dying?" Using a dying technology is a very legitimate concern. What if you were using a product and all of a sudden the user base dries up and development stops.
A) No user base = no free help from forums
B) No future development means no support for new frameworks you might adopt or support of changes to existing frameworks
C) If you were paying for support that's gone if the product dies.

But intellij, eclipse, and RAD are all not dying so use what you like.