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Can anybody advise me on a better java IDE to use?

 
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I am currently using Eclipse IDE and I am getting to many problems with it.
Today it is just stuck on one program. What ever I program I try to run it just runs that one program that I started with.
Everyday I have a different problem with eclipse.

Please help
 
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I have always found Eclipse to be pretty decent.

However, your complaints are pretty vague so it's hard to make a useful suggestion. You also don't say what level of experience you have with Java programming. For an absolute beginner I would suggest that 'a better IDE' would be no IDE at all and that working with a simple text editor and the command line compiler would be the simplest tool to use.

IDE's are designed to abstract you away from a lot of the monotonous process of compiling and running a project with more than a handful of classes which is all well and good if you understand what's being hidden from you. Otherwise a lot of what an IDE does is just 'magic' and then you have no idea what's going on if you inadvertantly ask it to do the wrong kind of 'magic'.

So, back to basics. Tell us exactly what you're trying to do, what you're actually doing, and how the result of that differs from what you expected?
 
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Martin,
Regarding being stuck, are you clicking the run button my any chance? You need to click the little arrow next to run the menu to get the run menu. The button just runs the last program run by default.

If you are new to Java, I agree with Tim's advise not to use an IDE at all. If yu aren't new to Java, I recommend to post when you have concrete problems. Many companies use Eclipse and not learning it puts you at a disadvantage.
 
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Old thread will be fruitfull.
 
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Have you conciderd no IDE? I like using notepad++ and compiling and running and jarring from the command line. I neverliked IDE's much.
 
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Hi Martin, Back in the days I was programming java for a living, we used Intellij Idea, with remarkable user support. We'd report a suggestion one day and it was implemented in a new version the next.
I don't know if they are that active now, but I would get a trial version and try it out. Definitely most impressing software and software team I've known.
 
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As far as I know, IntelliJ is still around, but you can only get a trial version if you aren't paying for it.
I agree with the advice to stop using an IDE at all.
 
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IntelliJ IDEA is still very popular, I think it's even more popular than it used to be. There's a free community version, but if you want support for Java EE you'll need the version that you need to pay for. The paid-for version has a 30 day free trial period. It's remarkable that JetBrains managed to make it so popular, despite Eclipse and NetBeans being completely free (including Java EE support). I have a personal license for IntelliJ myself too, it's a great IDE, there are so many smart features that help a lot with productivity, which is worth a lot when you're a professional developer.

I've reported a few bugs in IntelliJ too in the past, and the people at JetBrains are still very active in fixing them.
 
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Jesper de Jong wrote:IntelliJ IDEA is still very popular, I think it's even more popular than it used to be.



It's definitely more common at the clients I've worked at.
I haven't been in a non-IntelliJ house for over 2 years.
 
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Everything is working fine today.

Thank you all for everything.

Regards,
 
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Netbeans: Right now I'm using this one its awesome. I will suggest you to install this one

Eclipse: Not much familiar with that but you can also work with that.  

STS(Spring Tool Suite) basically for spring framework but you can work all.
 
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If you are doing Core Java stuffs then Sublime Text is the best , it always great do Core Java using Sublime and CMD

But if you are doing J2EE stuffs then go for IntelliJ or Eclipse
 
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Welcome to the Ranch

Which platforms is Sublime available for? We have an FAQ about editors. Have a look at it. Please tell us more about Sublime and we can consider adding it to the FAQ.
 
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