IDE Wars - Oracle Code One

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@JeanneBoyarsky @ScottSelikoff @omniprof
Monday, September 16, 2019
Oracle Code One (DEV1375)
Java IDE Wars
Jeanne Boyarsky, Scott Selikoff
& Ken Fogel

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About Us
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• Java Developer
• CodeRanch Mod
• Java Champion
• Robotics Mentor
• Java Developer
• CodeRanch Mod
• Software
Consultant
• Teacher
• DawsCon
Organizer
• Java Champion

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A Commercial Break
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Java 11 book I
(Exam 1Z0-815)
available in November
Pre-Order Now
January 10th
Montreal, Canada
Registration open now!
Free

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Time/Location Upcoming Talks Speakers
Tuesday
6PM - 6:45PM
Organizing JUGs and
Conferences: The World
View from Guatemala,
Turkey, and Canada
Mert Caliskan
Kenneth Fogel
Jorge Cajas
Wednesday
5PM - 7PM
Hands-on Java 11 OCP
Certification Prep
Jeanne Boyarsky
Scott Selikoff
Kenneth Fogel
Thursday
9AM - 9:45AM
Choosing the Right Java
Vendor and Strategy
Jeanne Boyarsky
Chandra Guntur
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Introduction
•  Lots of features are supported by all IDEs but
some do it better/easier than others
•  These are our opinions and favorites
•  Hold questions until the end
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The Big 3 ½ Java IDEs
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https://www.baeldung.com/java-in-2018
Anecdotal data!
Your mileage will vary!

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Product Derivations
•  IDEs have been repackaged free/commercial
products:
•  IntelliJ - ex: Android Studio
•  Eclipse - ex: Rational Application Developer
•  NetBeans - ex: Praxis
•  Many others!
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IntelliJ
Ultimate Edition
Paid
Community Edition
Free, contributions accepted
IntelliJ Platform (Java based)
Open source
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Eclipse
Many packages by language/role (ex: Java, Java EE, C++, etc)
Many plugins, views, perspectives
Module based; written in Java
Open source
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NetBeans
Free, modular open-source Java-based IDE
Donated by Oracle to the Apache Foundation
NetBeans is simply a GUI on top of the command line
Best parties at Code One involve the NetBeans
aficionados
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VS Code
Our ½ IDE (for now)
Easily (we think) extensible to work with almost any
programming language
Microsoft built with Electron.js, a framework that combines
the Chromium rendering engine and the Node.js runtime
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Background
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Owned By First
Released
NetBeans Apache 1997
Eclipse Eclipse Foundation 2001
IntelliJ JetBrains 2001
VS Code Microsoft 2015

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Cost
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Free Version
IntelliJ Free - Community
Paid - Ultimate
Eclipse Free
NetBeans Free
VS Code Free

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System Requirements
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RAM
IntelliJ 2GB min, 8GB rec
Eclipse 2GB
NetBeans 2GB
VS Code 1GB

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Common Build Tool Integrations
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Ant Maven Gradle
IntelliJ
Eclipse
NetBeans
VS Code

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Operating System Support
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Windows Mac Linux
IntelliJ
Eclipse
NetBeans
VS Code

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Favorite Features
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Disclaimers:
Many of these features exist across
multiple IDEs.
However, our highlighting it means we felt it
was superior.

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Favorite IntelliJ Features
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Refactoring
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Refactoring
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Refactoring
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Refactoring
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Maven Integration
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•  Dependency
does not exist
•  Conflicting
versions

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Maven Integration
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Project Coin of IntelliJ
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•  Warnings before commit
(compiler warnings, TODOs + Sonar Lint)
•  Highlight columns horizontally
•  Notes when JavaDoc parameters incorrect
•  Good autocomplete and refactoring support
for streams/lambdas
•  Copy file name/path

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Favorite Eclipse Features
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Perspectives
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Fully
Customizable
and Dynamic UI
Perspective =
Set of Views
(size/position/
tabs)

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Perspectives (cont)
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View = Window, often
a Tool/Plugin
Almost 100 Views
available by default
Save Perspectives and
quick-launch favorites
from the toolbar

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Perspectives (cont)
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Example: Debug
Perspective
Dozens of Built-in
Perspectives
Can easily customize
and save your own
perspectives

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Working Sets
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Workspace = List of
Projects
Working Set = View of
subset of Projects
Great for large number
of microservices or
modules

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Working Sets (cont)
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Can switch at
any time
Can also
Deselect to
View All

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Other Eclipse Features
Open File
with System
Editor
Vast plugins
library
View/Filter
Errors and
Warnings
on at All
Times
Build
Automatically
Enabled By
Default
Easy
Upgrades
(easy fresh
installs too)
Simple
Project
Imports
Fast Loading
via Lazy
Instantiation
Free!
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Favorite NetBeans Features
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NetBeans Features - JEP 330
Projects are not required
to write and/or run single
file Java programs
Invaluable for running
snippets of code
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NetBeans Features: Project Groups
Project Groups are
similar to workspaces
You can have
projects in a group
from different folders
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NetBeans Features: Default Build
NetBeans does not
have its own custom
build system
The choice of build
system is made when
a project is created
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NetBeans Features: version lookup
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NetBeans can reveal what versions
of a library are available

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Favorite VS Code Features
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Markdown
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•  Can open without project
•  Preview
•  Fast

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FIRST Robotics
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•  Simple first IDE
•  Good when you
expect an editor
with some extra
features
•  Excellent
FIRST robotics
integration

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Visual Studio Code Features
JavaScript
JSON
HTML
CSS, SCSS and
Less
TypeScript
Markdown
Go
T-SQL
C#
.NET Core
Rust
Ruby
& more
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PowerShell
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Widest range of
supported languages

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Closing
•  They are each very powerful and feature rich
and you can’t go wrong with any of them
•  Great time to be a Java developer!
•  Many people feel very strongly about IDEs
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Live Demos
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