what ide should i choose between netbeans or eclipse for java programming if i am a beginner

8/17/2019 What IDE Should I Choose Between Netbeans or Eclipse for Java Programming if I Am a Beginner

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What IDE should I choose between Netbeans or Eclipse

for Java programming if I am a beginner?What difference will it make ?

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Sayo Oladeji, Playing around with Java since 2007

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Take time to learn IntelliJ IDEA.

That's me downloading mine (again) 12 hours ago.

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I use NetBeans eer!da! at m! "o# and I hae nothing #ut loe $or it. It knows how to

do a $ew things #ut those $ew things it sure knows er! well. It has a solid %aen

su&&ort and eer!thing works outo$the#o. Almost ero *on$iguration needed. It's

not er! $lei#le I think.

E*li&se knows how to do a lot o$ things+ #ut not er! well. It has lots o$ &lugins+ lots o$

$orks and is an e*ellent ,- &lat$orm. I$ !ou intend to #uild a so&histi*ated deskto&

a&&li*ation+ E*li&se ,- might #e a good *hoi*e so !our $amiliarit! with E*li&se will

reall! hel& there. But &ersonall!+ E*li&se *aused me a lot o$ &ain.

Android /tudio whi*h is now the re*ommended enironment $or Android deelo&ment

is #ased on IntelliJ. This means !ou'll $eel at home as an IntelliJ user and Android is a

#ig deal. Also IntelliJ is reall! smart and is starting to gain attention among Jaa des

(I learned it's the to& *hoi*e $or Jaa deelo&ment at 0a*e#ook).

In summar!

• E*li&se er! $lei#le #ut not er! smart.

• NetBeans user$riendl!+ little *on$iguration #ut not er! $lei#le.

• IntelliJ &ower$ul #ut *om&le.

iing it a se*ond thought+ NetBeans is good as a $irst IDE.

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Vijay Dhama, Product Engineer, GOJEK

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I$ !ou are a #eginner+ don't use a IDE. %ake sure !ou *an write *ode with a tet editor+

*om&ile in a *ommand shell. This wa! !ou'll hae #etter understanding o$ &rograms

*om&iles and how to make use o$ things like -3A//AT4 work. The &rograms !ou5ll

#e writing at this stage will generall! #e &rett! short+ and !ou won't need most o$ the

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$eatures o$ a $ull IDE.

4aing said that+ I think IDE that I &re$er is IntelliJ IDEA . It mu*h more intuitie and

adan*ed than man! other o&tions out there.

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Murtuza Kinariwala, Error 404 : Life not found.

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%! suggestion $or a #eginner (like me) would #e to use N6TEAD or i$ I #e a #it

lenient+ then go $or Note&ad77 as !our IDE.

/ounds like I'm *ra!+ huh8 To a *ertain etent !eah.. )

As a #eginner i$ !ou use Note&ad !ou will hae to write eer!thing $rom the s*rat*h.

This will hel& !ou understand small im&ortant things in !our *odes. 9ou will

understand the im&ortan*e o$ writing a well indented *ode.

Also the la*k o$ $eatures like 'intellisense' in note&ad makes !ou write the entire *ode

!oursel$ and also !ou get #etter at knowing a $ew s!nta #etter.

I do agree with whats going on in !our mind right now+ that its a hell lot di$$i*ult and

time *onsuming. 9eah+ -orre*t: But that's what gies !ou more knowledge o$ the

language.

9ou will struggle on note&ad #! t!&ing wrong s!nta+ $a*ing errors at almost eer!

*om&ile &er$ormed+ tr!ing to de#ug the same &rogram hundreds o$ time+ $rustrated

that the entire *ode is *orre*t #ut still there is some error+ tr!ing to oogle the error

messages and then realie that it was that tin! semi*olon that !ou missed+ and

hundreds o$ su*h realiation would make a #eginner &rogrammer turn into a #etter

&rogrammer and a good trou#leshooter.

6n the other hand+ i$ !ou use the IDEs like NetBeans and E*li&se+ the! are great tools

that hel& !ou ;ui*kl! deelo& working &rograms.


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taken *are o$ #! the IDEs.

/o I would sa! that as a #eginner+ i$ !ou "ust want to "um& to deelo&ing a&&li*ations

and not ea*tl! understand a language and its working+ then an IDE would #e #est. But

i$ !ou want to reall! lean a language and its working inde&th+ then go $or note&ad or a

low end IDE with less $eatures and !ou will learn #etter.

Also $or !our main &ro#lem o$ *hoosing #etween NetBeans and E*li&se+ Both are

&o&ular IDEs. E*li&se is what I &re$er #ut Net#ens is also e;uall! good.

As $or the *om&arison #etween the two+ !ou *an re$er to the #elow arti*les

htt&==mo#iledei*es.a#out.*om=o...

htt&s==net#eans.org=$eatures=&l...

htt&==www.wikis.*om=wiki=E*li&...

Also+ I read on /ta*k6er$low this res&onse

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Net#eans has a er! di$$erent >I and work$low. There are no &ers&e*ties+

#ut tool#ars and su*h will auto a&&ear=hide as needed (i.e. de#ugging).

Build &ro*ess is di$$erent. %anaging &ro"e*ts is di$$erent.

•

Net#eans $o*uses on a smooth+ integrated e&erien*e sometimes at thee&ense o$ $eatures. The ro$iler is $ull! integrated into the editor (*ontet

menu's let !ou ;ui*kl! mani&ulate the &ro$iler)+ #ut is la*king some

$eatuers o$ E*li&se &ro$ilers.

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Net#eans has a tightl! integrated J/=/erlet=J/0 deelo&ment

enironment. The whole work$low *onne*ts together $rom deelo&ment+

de#ugging+ de&lo!ment. This is more o$ a ?$eel? than an!thing else.

•

Net#eans editor is missing seeral E*li&se $eatures. /&ell *he*k #eing one

&rominent one. @ui*k *om&lete (-trl+ -trlJ) is an underused Net#eans

$eature. /ni&&ets #eing another (though the! hae an auto*om&lete

tem&late whi*h $ills a di$$erent+ #ut similar ni*he).

•

3ess *hoi*e. I$ !ou don't like one o$ the in*luded tools+ it's unlikel! !ou will

$ind a good alternatie &lugin.

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%atisse. E*li&se >I editors hae started to *at*h u&+ #ut the! are sim&l!

no *om&arison to %atisse. /u&er$i*iall!+ the! seem e;uialent...

/ The Note&ad /uggestion was $or a#solute #eginners. As !ou start learning a

language and start making #etter a&&li*ations+ !ou will hae to swit*h oer to IDEs $or

the additional $un*tionalit! and &lugins that the! &roide.


Rohit Mishra, Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer - Coding In Java

since 2012

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I$ !ou are a #eginner+ I would highl! re*ommend !ou not to use an! o$ the IDEs. IDEs

do man! o$ the essential &arts $or us in &rogramming and that would hinder the

deelo&ment o$ !our -ode


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Garry Taylor, Writes Java,C,Python, Objective-C, PHP, C#,Swift

1.6k ViewsI dou#t it makes mu*h di$$eren*e either wa!.

I &ersonall! &re$er NetBeans to E*li&se. I $ind NetBeans sim&ler and easier to use+ it's

also got #etter su&&ort $or Jaa0C+ whi*h I use $or a lot o$ m! work.

Tr! them #oth+ see whi*h !ou like #est+ it doesn't matter reall!.

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Anjan Jagirdar, Programmer, Atheist, Interested in Astronomy, Genetics, Erlang, AI. A

Lifelon...

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Its more o$ a &re$eren*e+ like whether u like tea or *o$$ee.

I hae neer used NetBeans + neer liked it sin*e m! *ollege da!s.

I liked E*li&se a lot+ #ut sin*e I swit*hed to intelliJ Idea. E*li&se neer $elt the same.

Its more like tr! some IDEs and see whi*h u $eel more *om$orta#le with.


Eric Hoogland, Software Development

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9ou might tr! BlueJ (htt&==#lue".org) and the a**om&an!ing uDa*it! Jaa intro

*ourse. (htt&.www.uda*it!.*om).

BlueJ is a development environment that is specifically designed for teaching at an

introductory level.

Then tr! E*li&se using the htt&==3!nda.*om Jaa *ourse.

Then do #oth in tandem.The >da*it! *ourse is ?o#"e*ts $irst?+ the other ?o#"e*ts later?. I $ind that >da*it!'s

o#"e*ts $irst a&&roa*h with a**om&an!ing eer*ises reall! hel&s !ou see the $orest so

!ou don't lose !our wa! in the woods (or get tangled in the thi*ket8). rett! e*iting

stu$$+ a*tuall!.

Net+ slowl! add detail and the tools $or #ig #o!s and girls (E*li&se). /in*e

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thehtt&==3!nda.*om *ourse is ?o#"e*ts later?+ !ou don't get #ogged down earl! with

*on$using detail.

0ull dis*losure %! *ollege (niersit! htt&==www.wgu.edu uses

#oth resour*es in their a$$orda#le so$tware deelo&ment &rograms. The! re*ommend

BlueJ $or non&rogrammers and E*li&se i$ !ou want to &rogram &ro$esionall!. I $ound

that swallowing m! &ride and using BlueJ $irst reall! hel&ed m! understanding een

though I had alread! taken Jaa a *ou&le !ears ago using a weight! (and ine$$e*tie)

tome.

This learning re*i&e (algorithm8) has reall! &ulled stu$$ together $or me.

otta loe Note&ad77+ #ut tools without instru*tions won't get !ou too $ar unless

!ou're a maso*hist.

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Kiran Kumnoor, A Free Soul..

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Don't use an IDE if you are a beginner.

9es. Don't use it. >sing an IDE will make !ou *ode $aster. But #e$ore !ou want to *ode

$aster+ !ou should learn to *ode.

I suggest using an IDE on*e !ou are through with the #asi*s. >ntil then "ust use &lain

tet editor like gedit = note&ad or !ou *an go $or note&ad77.

Edit In *ase !ou are learning "ust now+ iran umnoor's answer to


8/13

Fer! $ew *om&anies use NetBeans. The &ro#lem in using 2 IDEs at the same time is the

short*uts and es&e*iall! o&ening $iles. 9ou get used to one IDE and the short*uts are

di$$erent in another. To oer*ome this take a *heatsheet and &rint it out and kee& it $or

re$eren*e. I hae tried NetBeans and Intelli" idea *ommunit! ersion #ut didn't see

an!thing s&e*ta*ular. I would sa! *hoose E*li&se #ut #e hand! with NetBeans too.

Written Mar 20

Emilie Zeng, Learning code.

5.6k Views

I$ !ou want to $ind a "o# around Jaa+ I think it's #etter $or !ou to *hoose E*li&se as

!our $irst IDE.

E*li&se has mu*h more su&&orters and a #etter *ommuni*ation enironment+

in*luding $orums+ learning materials or others+ !ou *an easil! $ind an answer when !ou

meet a &ro#lem.

%oreoer+ in man! *om&anies+ the! use E*li&se+ i$ !ou want to work there+ it's !ou who

must ado&t E*li&se as !our deelo& enironment *ause !ou hae to ada&t the so*iet!.


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Sidhanth Surana, Be like sid

4.8k ViewsE*li&se. Its wa! easier to use and !ou neednt *on$igure the enironment o$ !our s!stem

too mu*h and gies !ou the traditional &rogramming e&eriem*e.I$ !ou hae a linu

#ased os I would &re$er kgean!.


Martins Jr. Divine Okoi, Life is an Interface, Implement it Properly

9.4k Views

I assume !ou ask $or o&inions a#out whi*h IDE !ou would en"o! using more to&rogram in "aa so I'll omit the te*hni*al details to gie mine and m! answer to the

se*ond &art o$ !our ;uestion will *ome a$ter it.

3emme start #! sa!ing+ regarding things like this+ it's down to &ersonal &re$eren*e.

%! *hoi*e o$ IDE8 E*li&se.


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11/13

As others suggested+ use some tet editing so$tware like note&ad77 or an! other sim&le

tet editor !ou like+ #ut without the things like auto *om&lete. I$ !ou hae de*ided to

moe to some IDE+ i would sa! at least get !our hands dirt! with all the ma"or ones. I$

!ou tr! to look $or 'the #est' IDE+ !ou will #e looking $oreer. Do not waste mu*h time

on this and tr! to use #oth and $orm an o&inion o$ !our own.

Written Jul 8, 2015

Swapnil Bhargava, I write code.

3.9k Views

/in*e !ou are a #eginner !ou *an start with Note&ad and then shi$t to net#eans when

!ou are *om$orta#le remem#ering and using arious as&e*ts and *onstru*ts o$ the

language. 4a&&! *oding ). Thanks $or the A 2 A.


Aditya Paliwal, I'd rather have some bacon than upvotes :P

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Don't use an IDE unless !ou are working with a er! large *ode with multi&le

dire*tories. 9ou will learn $rom the mistakes !ou make and get a dee&er understanding

o$ !our *ode.


Anirban Ghoshal, I program (C mostly).

3.1k Views

A2A. I used JAFA IDE's like !ears ago when I was in *ollege. I haen't used an!

sin*e. I used to think that NetBeans was easier to work at A


12/13

As eer!one said here+ i$ !ou are a new #ee to Jaa+ I would re*ommend some tet

editor. Else+ IntelliJ without an! hesitation.

I had to o&en a C/D whi*h was a#out 2%B in E*li&se and it used to take at least a

minute and sometimes used to *rash. The same $ile+ when I o&ened it in IntelliJ+ it "ust

took *ou&le o$ se*onds.Written Mar 24

Dinesh Bhagat

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/in*e !ou are learning "aa+ i suggest !ou to start with note&ad77 as !our editor to

write !our *ode *om&ile and run using *ommandline+

then go $or an! ide

i &re$er e*li&se ide *om&are to net#eans.

"et#rains inteliJ is the #est aaila#le li*ensed ide $or "aa deelo&er (-ommunit! $ree

ersion is also aaila#le)

i$ !ou use ide+ !ou ma! not ne a#le remem#er good "aa a&is

Updated Jan 14

Kousik Nandy

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ersonall!+ I use Ema*s. It ma! #e di$$i*ult $or a #eginner so the I'll suggest E*li&se as

alternatie. 9es it hides some *om&leities $rom the &rogrammers+ #ut on*e !ou

understand it+ !ou don't want to #e #othered #! them oer and oer again. 0or eam&le

on*e !ou know that !ou *an onl! *all the &u#li* methods o$ an o#"e*t+ it saes a lot o$

time i$ the ide suggests the names o$ the methods. I$ written in note&ad eer!time !ou

hae to look the *lass u&. It's #een designed this wa! so that !ou *an *on*entrate on

&ro#lem at hand and not get #urdened #! language arti$a*ts. Another good thing a#out

E*li&se is it su&&orts multi&le languages so when a large &ro"e*t is written in multi&le

la!ers in di$$erent languages !ou *an use the same enironment $or "aa+ -77 or

&!thon.


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Kartikeya Singh

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In de*reasing order o$ ease o$ *oding

E*li&se $or #eginners

Net#eans $or &ro$essionals

Note&ad77 $or e&erts

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And i$ !ou reall! wanna im&ress !our #at*hmates tr! and *ode in ?i?. od leel

rea*hed :


Ahmed Malik

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0or a #eginner i will not re*ommend IDE as it will s&oil !our *oding ha#it.

what ide should i choose between netbeans or eclipse for java programming if i am a beginner

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