> IntelliJ. You are still THE standard in Java development
I figured Eclipse was the most popular, followed by IntelliJ, followed by NetBeans. Is this mistaken? (I couldn't find a definitive answer with a quick google.)
I figured Eclipse was the most popular, followed by IntelliJ, followed by NetBeans. Is this mistaken? (I couldn't find a definitive answer with a quick google.)
IntelliJ: 72%
Eclipse: 13%
Netbeans: 3%
Who knows how realistic it is though... I personally enjoyed working with Eclipse. It simply suffers from a reputation problem because people developed monoliths with hundred thousands of lines in a single maven project in it...
I didn't stay long at either place - for some reason both companies were horrible places to work.
I have noticed a lot of new grads come out of College knowing Eclipse (and only Eclipse). Which is probably why it persists - and I still have to deal with it when I have to help junior devs figure out what's wrong with their eclipse config. Occasionally I can get one to convert to IntelliJ - the rest won't try a new IDE and that's a pretty good indicator of what kind of engineer they're going to be :)
I understand the annoyance with not being able to fix one's setup and that's on them.
But it seems very strange to fixate on what other people use as tools... Especially when both propositions are on the same productivity level. It's not like your colleagues are coding java in vim (and even then if productive AF, why does it bother anyone?).
I know one good senior dev who prefers Eclipse. I'm not sure why, but he doesn't seem to have any major issues with it, and he's good, so... ok.