Trying to decide between Eclipse and Netbeans to use with TWS Java API. What are folks using out there?
IntelliJ IDEA is a level above both of those, if you have to go with IDE free of charge - I would suggest Eclipse - has much wider adoption, and they've been very good at copying all the nicer features from IntelliJ, although they are still a couple of years behind it..
Yeah, but that's what a lot of open source programs do, they provide a free version of a commercial available package.
Eclipse, because of it's Marketplace : a plug-in probably exists for every dev problem you need to tackle. The Marketplace is what has elevated Eclipse to Emacs status; it's like a mini-OS now!
Comparing eclipse with emacs is like comparing a lexus with a steam - powered carriage( a pretty sophisticated one, i have to admit), of course its nice to admire antique things, but we are not in the 1970's anymore ) No flame...