JetBrains is now accommodating Ruby developers with the company’s IntelliJ Idea Java IDE. A beta plug-in released Feb. 1 enables the product to serve as an IDE for developing Ruby and Ruby on ...

Java IDE wars The war between Eclipse and NetBeans became intense, with Eclipse pretty much winning the war to become the more popular Java IDE. However, both IDEs had to contend with the upstart ...

Additional language support besides Java; The usefulness of a cloud IDE; and Cost and licensing fees. There isn't a Java IDE out there that will meet every requirement for a development organization.

The IDEA platform is extensible with plug-ins, of which there are a large number. It is possible to deactivate plug-ins which are not in use, to reduce bloat in the IDE. A default install of IDEA ...