The four major Java IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and JDeveloper

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An interesting article was recently published on The Server Side:

 

It discusses a shootout in Cologne between Java IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ and JDeveloper. While the author – Kirk Pepperdine – does not suggest explicitly that these then are the four major players when it comes to Java IDEs, that is certainly the impression one might get. Probably justifiedly.....
The article does not present (other) conclusions, except for the closing remark that "It also demonstrated that the commanding lead that Eclipse currently enjoys is
not so safe. They need to keep innovating in order to maintain that lead as the
others keep pushing forward in the market.". He then also complimented JetBrains, the only vendor who actually sells the IDE, rather than give it away: "JetBrains clearly demonstrated why they’ve earned their reputation and how they
plan on keeping it."

It is good to see that the plethora of Java IDEs starts to consolidate into a smaller number of serious options. For us it is good to see that we have not invested too much in IDEs not in this list, and some to quite some time in all that are on the list (with JDeveloper and Eclipse clearly leading our list).

Other things to take away are the ‘copying that goes on between IDEs’ – features in one soon will be available in others -, the level of support for standards (e.g. JSRs) and the diversification in all IDEs – with support for scripting languages, database design & development, SOA, DSL, Business Intelligence etc.

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Lucas Jellema

Lucas Jellema, active in IT (and with Oracle) since 1994. Oracle ACE Director and Oracle Developer Champion. Solution architect and developer on diverse areas including SQL, JavaScript, Kubernetes & Docker, Machine Learning, Java, SOA and microservices, events in various shapes and forms and many other things. Author of the Oracle Press book Oracle SOA Suite 12c Handbook. Frequent presenter on user groups and community events and conferences such as JavaOne, Oracle Code, CodeOne, NLJUG JFall and Oracle OpenWorld.
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One thought on “The four major Java IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and JDeveloper

  1. http://jroller.com/page/sto?entry=java_ide_poll

    Currently Eclipse has a 50% ‘market share’. Netbeans is on second place with 25%, IntelliJ IDEA on third with 20% and JDeveloper only has a 2% share. I don’t know how reliable these results are, but 700 voters is a lot and since most visitors are coming from DZone I think it is at least a little bit reliable.

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