Java + NetBeans, IntelliJ, or Eclipse. This isn't the land of Microsoft, you have a choice of IDEs. I happen to prefer NetBeans, though recently I've been turned on to IntelliJ and that's been growing on me. I've never really liked Eclipse. But you know what? That's me. You might have different tastes. What's really nice is if you use Maven to manage your builds, your team members can use whatever IDE they want and everything works together. It's a great world out here!