Java integrated development environments (IDE) are one of the most-used application development tools in corporate development. They are also among the most capable developer products on the market.

Back in the early days of Java, developers created applications using nothing more than notepad and the DOS command prompt. Thanks to the advent of IDEs, those days are gone forever. Short for ...

When you embark on a new enterprise development project, it’s easy to convince yourself that the hard part is over once you’ve decided to go with Java. But the task of assembling the right blend of ...

Oracle, which acquired the NetBeans IDE as part of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems last year, said the new NetBeans IDE 7.0 release demonstrates its continuing commitment to the NetBeans community ...

The Java IDE market is currently a four-way battlefield between Eclipse, IntelliJ, JetBrains‚ NetBeans, and Oracle JDeveloper. (Borland’s announcement that it is getting rid of JBuilder and trying to ...

Thirty years ago, Java 1.0 revolutionized software development. Every Java demo featured a simple "Hello World" dialog window with the only available option: Java's Abstract Window Toolkit, the first ...

JetBrains is shipping version 9 of its IntelliJ Idea IDE for Java, this time offering both commercial and open source versions. The commercial edition, called Ultimate, features a set of tools and ...