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Best free IDE to use for java?
I recommend IntelliJ. I use it for school, and I really like it. Even my professor uses it, and he loves it too.
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There's the 3 big ones:
Eclipse
NetBeans and
IntelliJ
All are nice. I'm a big Java noob, but I like NetBeans the best. Can't really tell you why, though :) It's all personal preference.
NetBeans is probably the most RAM-hungry of the three..
Just for the record. If all you want to do is actually just do some minor editing, compile and run, you can do nicely with your favorite editor along with javac from the Java Development Kit (as opposed to the Java Runtime).
Have a look at the Java Tutorial which tells you all you need to know. http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/getStarted/cupojava/index.html
So I'm pretty new to coding, and got more interested from a computer programming course in my school, and have now started to code on for fun. I've been using J Creator LE like my school for the past few months, but a lot of people have been saying to get a better IDE. What's the best free IDE to use, or should I just stick with J Creator LE? Any help is greatly appreciated, and merry Christmas too.