Top Free IDE for
Java Software Development
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IDE – Integrated Development Environment Variety of different IDE's are available. You can select as per requirement of the project. These IDEs offer a variety of features, like : ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Building applications TestNG, Debugging, Code inspections, Code assistance
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JUNIT testing Multiple refactoring Visual GUI builder Maven build tools and more
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Android Studio
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Eclipse
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NetBeans
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Jdeveloper DrJava jGRASP
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IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition
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Enide Studio 2014
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BlueJ
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jEdit
Android Studio ✔
Official IDE for Android application development
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Built on IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition
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Flexible Gradle-based build system
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Rich layout editor with support for theme editing
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Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, making it easy to integrate Google Cloud Messaging and App Engine.
Android Studio ✔
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Android Studio is freely available under the Apache License 2.0 It is available for download on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and replaced Eclipse as Google’s primary IDE for native Android application development.
Eclipse ✔
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In the context of computing, Eclipse is an IDE for developing applications using the Java programming language & other programming languages This platform provides the foundation for the Eclipse IDE is composed of plug-ins and is designed to be extensible using additional plug-ins.
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Developed using Java, the Eclipse platform can be used to develop rich client applications, integrated development environments and other tools. Eclipse can be used as an IDE for any programming language for which a plug-in is available.
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Eclipse platform and other plug-ins from the Eclipse foundation is released under the Eclipse Public License (EPL). EPL ensures that Eclipse is free to download and install. It also allows Eclipse to be modified and distributed.
NetBeans ✔
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NetBeans is an open source IDE written in Java and is one of IDR Solutions favourite IDE’s for Java Coding. NetBeans is modular in design meaning it can be extended by third party developers who can create plugins for NetBeans to enhance functionality
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NetBeans is cross-platform and runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other platforms supporting a compatible JVM. NetBeans can also be used for working with Cloud applications, this useful guide covers how to use the NetBeans IDE with the Google App Engine.
JDeveloper ✔
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Anthore IDE developed by Oracle. It is used to build service oriented applications using the latest industry standards for Java, XML, Web services & SQL JDeveloper comes in 3 flavors which include the Java Edition, J2EE edition and Studio Edition which comes with a whole different set of features
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This IDE supports the complete development life cycle with integrated features : >> Modeling >> Coding >> Debugging >> Testing >> Profiling >> Tuning >> Deploying
DrJava ✔
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DrJava is a lightweight development environment for writing Java programs. It is designed primarily for students, providing an intuitive interface and the ability to interactively evaluate Java code. It also includes powerful features for more advanced users
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jGRASP is a lightweight development environment, created specifically to provide automatic generation of software visualizations to improve the comprehensibility of software jGRASP is implemented in Java, and runs on all platforms with a Java Virtual Machine (Java version 1.5 or higher).
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition ✔
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is a free Java IDE mainly used for : >> Android app development, >> Scala, >> Groovy, >> Java SE >> Java software development
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It is lightweight in design and comes with useful features like : >> Junit testing >> TestNG >> Code inspections & completion >> Support for multiple refactoring, >> Maven build tools, >> Ant, >> Visual GUI builder & code editor for XML and Java
Enide Studio 2014 ✔
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Enide Studio 2014 initially (version 0.11preview) was released as stand-alone product for all Operating systems. However later changes saw it develop in a Tool Suite for Node.js, JavaScript & Java Development which is available from the Eclipse plugin store and from the main website.
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Enide Studio 2014 Plugin includes: - Nodeclipse 0.17, - Chrome Development Tools, - AngularJS for Eclipse, - TernIDE, - Eclipse WTP WebResources, - TCF Terminals, - MarkDown (*.md) Editor, - Various themes - Nodeclipse EditBox,
Enide Studio 2014 – GitHub Flavored Markdown Viewer, - RestClient Tool - StartExplorer, - Git Add-on, - Maven, - Gradle integration, - Minimalist Jade Editor & more..
BlueJ ✔
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It has been mainly developed for educational purposes, but also suitable for those who wish to do small-scale Java web development. The main screen graphically shows the class structure of an application under development and objects can be interactively created and tested.
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BlueJ is mainly developed for the teaching of the object-oriented programming, and its design differs from other development environments as a result. This interaction facility, combined with a clean, simple user interface, allows easy experimentation with objects under development and this allows beginners to get started more quickly, and without being overwhelmed.
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BajEdit is a text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. Most people argue where jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use is that the jEdit core, comes with a built-in macro language; an extensible plugin architecture.
jEdit Some of jEdit's features include : - Written in Java, so it runs on Mac OS X, OS/2, Unix, VMS and Windows. - Built-in macro language; extensible plugin architecture. Hundreds of macros and plugins available. - Plugins can be downloaded and installed from within jEdit using the "plugin manager" feature.
jEdit - Auto indent, and syntax highlighting for more than 200 languages. - Supports a large number of character encodings including UTF8 and Unicode. - Folding for selectively hiding regions of text. - Word wrap. - Highly configurable and customizable
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