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Java IDEs?

Posted by Cliff on from the vague-coffee-flavour dept.

Billy the Mountain asks: "In the startup company I'm in, we just got a new president and she asked us about ways of increasing developer productivity. We develop Java applications, servlets and JSP. I don't use an IDE. I use an enhanced text editor, EditPlus, because I like its color coding of keywords. I guess what I'm asking is what Java IDEs do you use and what features do you like best?" If you were to build a Java IDE from the ground up, what features would you include?

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  1. Re:IDE - Editor or round trip engineering tool? by Dief_76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hell, why not do it the easy way?

    Write the code, get it up and running, and then reverse engineer it into UML via the Rational Rose tools. Satisfies the Architect-types, and makes you look as though you've stuck to the design outlined by those pretty UML pictures.

    Err.. not that I've ever done it that way. Nu-uh, not me.

  2. Re:Blech. Most of them are pretty bad. by Gen.+Ho+Lee+Phuc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you just recommend emacs because it isn't bloated and doesn't try to do everything?

    Dear god...

  3. Re:What makes a good IDE, aka: Netbeans is real cl by jvmatthe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate this guy as much as all of you combined ;^), but why moderate him as a troll? That's just silly.

    --
    Curmudgeon Gamer: Not happy
  4. THE most important feature of any IDE! by Quixadhal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any programmer knows the most important feature any development environment should have is the free soda fountain, stocked with a variety of caffinated beverages in unending supply.

    A nice modular addition is the freezer with various frozen mexican foods, but that isn't as mission critical.