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Lately I have been messing with Java. Why? Because it's there!  There are several IDEs for Java. I have been wondering which is the best one to use for Java Swing? Currently I am using Eclipse and it seems adequate, although it is NOT Visual Studio. Any ideas?
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I always used Eclipse in my last job as it had a good debugger. Sun had an IDE on their Unix workstations, but I did not use it as much. Have tried a few of the ones that Google finds but still prefer eclipse.
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I use Eclipse when I use Java. I've heard IntelliJ is more VS-esque but it has issues with how it determines classpath sometimes. I haven't tried it personally. For Eclipse, I think the last time I did Swing stuff I used the WindowBuilder plugin which is nice.
Stay away from NetBeans unless you enjoy your IDE locking up for multiple seconds even on small projects when you, for example, edit the name of a commonly used class. It has really good default plugins but nothing you can't setup in Eclipse, and as mentioned it has bad lag issues in my experience (and one of the worst code-completion tools I've ever seen).
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Jon McKee wrote: Stay away from NetBeans
Definitely.
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Eclipse. Look no further.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I thought, that on this site, Java is ...
... taboo.
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It is.
I've flagged it as "abusive / trolling".
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 The worst part is I can't even disagree. I have a few choice words for the language committee. But at least it's not PHP.
EDIT: In the words of one of my college professors, "Java sucks" - Prof. Acuna.
modified 14-Aug-20 6:13am.
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The team I'm on is split between Eclipse and IntelliJ. I prefer Eclipse because we have several similar code repositories and Eclipse will search all of them while I haven't found a way to do that in IntelliJ
I've dabbled with Visual Studio Code and was able to figure out how to have just our main repositories show up in the workspace(or whatever they call it) to be able to search but I'm still more at home with Eclipse.
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From my experience debugging issues with teammate's solutions, IntelliJ is sometimes "too smart for its own good." I like Eclipse's minimalist approach since it won't brick a solution on a repo pull. The downside being you need to fully understand how Java handles dependencies.
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Thanks to all who responded. It seems I am on the right track with Eclipse. 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cp-Coder wrote: Lately I have been messing with Java. Why? Because it's there!
See how that reasoning works out with alligators. 
I don't like Java but when I do Java, I eclipse.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Do you know why ants never get sick?
They have little anti-bodies.
I'll get my coat and show myself out!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote: Do you know why ants never get sick?
Yes, because been posted a few times here. Even Leslie wouldn't go there
Mike Hankey wrote: They have little anti-bodies.
Because ants train their immune system instead of wearing masks. They don't scrub, they walk in raw sewage. Their bodies are tempered in raw sh*t.
(George Carlin on germs[^])
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Guess it's not a little known fact then.
Didn't search before posting.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote: Didn't search before posting.
You shouldn't. Most will have missed it the first three times anyway.
Mike Hankey wrote: Guess it's not a little known fact then.
It still is; most of the people I know don't see the CP Lounge every day.
There wasn't even a need to point out that it been "posted before". Anyone who knew it could ignore it, giving a laugh to those who don't.
I'm being unfair; don't stop posting for it 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Are you arguing with yourself? Just make sure you don't lose.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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An exoskeleton. The latest in PPE.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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"Dad, are we pyromaniacs?"
"Yes, we arson."
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Let me ash you Griff, do I need another cocktail?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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I thought I'd fire off an answer, putting it tinder list of replies. Ash far as I can tell, this is the week's hottest entry and may become flame-ous on that account, unless you can match it.
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You gotta be kindling me, perhaps you should pass the torch to someone who combust a move on the dancefloor.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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You're a riot!
Have you ever thought about moving to Portland?
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Let the flame wars begin...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Oh! good that his father stopped at arson. Had he went on with his statement - Yes, we are arson-ic, they would have been highly unstable.
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