IDEA from intellij the best IDE I've ever used

[Steve Holmes]

I've used JBuilder, JDeveloper, and Forte and for the most part I've found that all they do is hinder my ability to code. If you want to try the most full featured IDE I've ever seen for a fraction of the price of the others try IDEA. You can evaluate it for free.

[Peter Tran]

The evaluation will eventually expire, then you'll have to pay $395.00. The site you want is www.intellij.com. It looks like it has some nice features, but it's going to be hard to fork out $395.00 for a JAVA IDE.

[Andre Tow]

I agree, its a wonderful IDE.
I love it.
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Andre Mermegas
Sun Certifed Java Programmer

[Craig Demyanovich]

I agree that IDEA is the best Java IDE that I've used. It doesn't hinder you in any way, yet it provides incredible power and extremely useful features. One feature that has been priceless is Layout Code. I can type code in the style that's comfortable to me, run Layout Code, and I have code that conforms to my company's standards!!! Unfortunately, JBuilder 5 Enterprise just arrived on my desk this morning, indicating that my company probably won't be spending $395 for me to use an IDE other than what everyone else will be using. Won't hurt to ask (beg), though.

[Ryan Peters]

I also agree, I love IDEA but ... no servlet support. Is there a tool anyone can recommend that will let me step through servlet code?

[Rob Trainer]

I have been told that they will support JSP and servlets in v3.0. Unfortunately, I have not gotten a product release timeframe.

[Steve Holmes]

It looks like my company is going to JBuilder Enterprise also. Don't get me wrong, JBuilder isn't bad, much better than JDeveloper or Forte', and the third party tools gives you much of the same functionality that IDEA gives you. But it's much clunkier and harder to use than IDEA. IDEA has the best code completion tools, usage tools and the import completion is awesome.

[Deepak Gokarn]

Idea doesn't support..EJB development ...there is no place where it says abut EJB

[Neha Sharma]

strange nobody even talked about VisualAge for java and Websphere studio by IBM. Is it because they are expensive that your companys didn't buy it or you guys find it difficult.
Neha

[Steve Holmes]

I had access to Visual Cafe at my last job but I never became proficient enough to really evaluate it. That's actually one of the reasons I like IDEA. After one day I was way more productive with IDEA than I ever was with Vis Cafe, Forte, JBuilder, or JDeveloper. I've heard Visual Cafe has a pretty good Swing RAD, but since I've never had to do any swing (other than academically) that's not really any interest to me. I didn't really think the editor was all that hot.
Never used IBM Visual Age.

[Steve Holmes]

I had access to Visual Cafe at my last job but I never became proficient enough to really evaluate it. That's actually one of the reasons I like IDEA. After one day I was way more productive with IDEA than I ever was with Vis Cafe, Forte, JBuilder, or JDeveloper. I've heard Visual Cafe has a pretty good Swing RAD, but since I've never had to do any swing (other than academically) that's not really any interest to me. I didn't really think the editor was all that hot.
Never used IBM Visual Age.