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  IDEs for serious Java/JavaFX development "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2013-07-21 07:18 +1000
    Re: IDEs for serious Java/JavaFX development Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2013-07-20 17:55 -0400

#24784 — IDEs for serious Java/JavaFX development

NB: No flame wars here please...

I am about to commence a "serious" and large-scale commercial project using 
Java and JavaFX (ultimately targeted at JDK 8) and want to get my house in 
order by carefully selecting the best tools.

I have been a very happy long-term Eclipse user but have also done quite a 
bit of work with NetBeans.  In fact I started-out with NetBeans but after 
trying Eclipse for the first time I never went back.  The reason was that 
Eclipse just seems to be way more stable, feels much snappier and more 
responsive, has a lot more features and because there are far more 3rd-party 
plugins available.

NetBeans on the other hand just seems to crash too often and I cannot 
remember the number of times I had to rebuild a project from scratch because 
NB screwed up the project configuration.  On the plus side though, Oracle 
are really behind NetBeans and instead of throwing it out with the bath 
water when they acquired Sun (as many expected them to do), they have in 
fact invested heavily into its future and market it as the premier IDE for 
Java projects.

Given that the UI of this project will be developed principally in JavaFX it 
is worth noting that NetBeans 7.4 seems to have the best support for JavaFX 
(certainly in terms of built-in support) although I have been happy with the 
e(fx)clipse plugin available for Eclipse (happy except of course for the 
product's bizarre name).

But having said all of that, I believe many developers are most happy with 
IntelliJ and am hoping I can get some feedback as to why this is so.  Given 
that this is the only IDE out of the 3 I have mentioned that actually costs 
money, could someone explain why it is worth the financial outlay?  Is it 
just that good?  What features make it "best of breed"?

I would also appreciate any other comments detailing people's experience 
with and impressions of various IDEs for Java (and JavaFX) development.

--
And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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#24787

On 7/20/2013 5:18 PM, Qu0ll wrote:
> NB: No flame wars here please...
>
> I am about to commence a "serious" and large-scale commercial project
> using Java and JavaFX (ultimately targeted at JDK 8) and want to get my
> house in order by carefully selecting the best tools.
>
> I have been a very happy long-term Eclipse user but have also done quite
> a bit of work with NetBeans.  In fact I started-out with NetBeans but
> after trying Eclipse for the first time I never went back.  The reason
> was that Eclipse just seems to be way more stable, feels much snappier
> and more responsive, has a lot more features and because there are far
> more 3rd-party plugins available.
>
> NetBeans on the other hand just seems to crash too often and I cannot
> remember the number of times I had to rebuild a project from scratch
> because NB screwed up the project configuration.  On the plus side
> though, Oracle are really behind NetBeans and instead of throwing it out
> with the bath water when they acquired Sun (as many expected them to
> do), they have in fact invested heavily into its future and market it as
> the premier IDE for Java projects.
>
> Given that the UI of this project will be developed principally in
> JavaFX it is worth noting that NetBeans 7.4 seems to have the best
> support for JavaFX (certainly in terms of built-in support) although I
> have been happy with the e(fx)clipse plugin available for Eclipse (happy
> except of course for the product's bizarre name).
>
> But having said all of that, I believe many developers are most happy
> with IntelliJ and am hoping I can get some feedback as to why this is
> so.  Given that this is the only IDE out of the 3 I have mentioned that
> actually costs money, could someone explain why it is worth the
> financial outlay?  Is it just that good?  What features make it "best of
> breed"?
>
> I would also appreciate any other comments detailing people's experience
> with and impressions of various IDEs for Java (and JavaFX) development.

IDE preferences are very subjective.

Regarding IntelliJ IDEA then I suggest that you download and install the
free version and check whether you like it or not. That is much more
useful than other people opinion for your decision.

Regarding JavaFX then unless you want WYSIWYG/GUIBuilder/drop-n-drag,
then plain Java support should be enough for the Java code. The only
JavaFX specific feature I can think of is FXML autocomplete.

Arne

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