Re:IntelliJ IDEA 11 is Out
by ElliotH on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @08:15AM
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I really urge anyone who's in a situation where they have to write Java to use IntelliJ. Java is the language of choice for much of my CompSci course, and it is the only tool that makes that bearable.
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yeah, for the extremely heavyweight enterprise stuff in a comsci course at a small uni, one definitely needs a commercial IDE. I cannot imagine what would it have been like if I had to use a mere text editor for that back in the days...
A small uni? The University of Southampton is a leading research university here in the UK, it is a member of the Russell Group and the ECS school is incredibly highly thought of. I'd thank you not to refer to it as small.
Have you tried working in Java? I happily use Emacs for every other language I use, but even doing simple XML processing becomes unmanageable without intelligent auto-complete.
Further when you're marked on code style in an OO context the ability to refactor code smoothly is a huge bonus, that you just don't get from a mere text editor.