Which Java IDE is best? Compare IntelliJ IDEA , Eclipse, and NetBeans for features, usability, and compatibility with your favorite tools and frameworks.

When people ask me why I prefer IntelliJ IDEA for Java development, my answer usually comes down to one thing: it feels like ...

ECLIPSE FOUNDATION has released a new version of the Eclipse IDE marking the 13th annual simultaneous release of Eclipse projects. How do you download Eclipse Photon IDE?

Oracle claims NetBeans 7 is the first open source IDE to support the next-generation Java platform.

The latest build of the NetBeans IDE, NetBeans 7.2 Release Candidate 1, is now available for download featuring performance upgrades and other enhancements.

Sun Microsystems has released NetBeans 5.5, the latest version of the company’s open-source Java integrated development environment (IDE), aiming to beef up the software’s productivity tools and ...

If you’re just getting into programming, or want it to be as simple as possible, you’ll be pleased to hear that JJEdit, a light-weight Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java ...

Java tools undergo an extreme makeover... Thanks to the influence of Eclipse's open-source tooling platform, the new face of the Java IDE will resemble a lean plug-in environment rather than the ...

I'm taking a programming class that focuses on Java. I have Net Beans (class preference) and Eclipse (my preference) on my Mac. I have to go on a trip for a week, and I want to spend my downtime ...

NetBeans, a popular Java IDE formerly supported by Sun Microsystems and later Oracle, has graduated from the Apache Software Foundation's incubator to become a top-level project, where it will benefit ...