Free for students: Professional developer tools from JetBrains

Re:Free for students: Professional developer tools from JetB... by AnthonBerg on Monday October 31, 2016 @11:40AM (#12837764)

Having also used Eclipse, I strongly disagree about its superiority; If it is popular, then I believe that is explained by its price and the self-sustaining property of ubiquity.

I myself found Eclipse cumbersome and lacking in capacity. I do respect others' preference for it, but it cannot be said to be objectively superior.

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Re:Free for students: Professional developer tools from JetB... by Roboprog on Monday October 31, 2016 @11:59AM (#12838006)

Agreed. Started with Eclipse, then Netbeans, now IntelliJ. Cumbersome seems like a good description for Eclipse.

I love the ease with which you can reconfigure the layout from task to task with IntelliJ. "Distraction Free" mode shows that they "get" what bugs many people about IDEs sucking up screen space for very little in some cases.

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