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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. Even better than an IDE by kaoshin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Put your Java in a scuzzy. I don't mean drink Java out of an old SCSI mug, I mean like the other one. You know. HDD. Not HDD like the floppy disks, I mean hard drive. Not a hard drive like a difficult trip, but the other one of that. You know?

    "Is it just a coincidence that the acronym for the National Science Foundation is the same as that in the banking community for Not Sufficient Funds? Kinda make you wonder."