Review: IntelliJ IDEA 5.0 Enhancements Must Compete with 'Free' IDEs
A satisfied IntelliJ IDEA 4.5 user reviews the new features in the IntelliJ 5.0 release. As productive as the enhancements to the new IDE are, he explains why he still probably will switch to Eclipse down the road.
by Mark Watson
August 25, 2005
earn my living as a Java consultant and have concluded that Java is far from a perfect programming language. For many applications, I prefer to use dynamic languages like Common Lisp, Ruby, or Python. However, I use Java for most of my work for two reasons:
Freely available, high-quality infrastructure software for Web portals and services
The high quality of Java IDEs
The only programming languages that have IDE support as good as or better than Java are Microsoft's C# (and associated languages ASP.NET, C++, etc.) and Smalltalk. Smalltalk is a niche language that I avoid because finding experienced Smalltalk developers is difficult. I tend to stay away from Microsoft's Visual Studio-supported languages as well, because I don't want to be locked into Windows-only deliveries.
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earn my living as a Java consultant and have concluded that Java is far from a perfect programming language. For many applications, I prefer to use dynamic languages like Common Lisp, Ruby, or Python. However, I use Java for most of my work for two reasons:
