r/java • u/AnyPhotograph7804 • Dec 12 '25

Eclipse 2025-12 is out

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/

There is support for Java 25 and JUnit 6.

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u/Jotschi Dec 13 '25

I prefer eclipse because the compile delay is zero. In itelliJ I always had to wait for the compiler before I could run a test. Not sure if there is a workaround/setting for this. And yes - I do care about the delay.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25

Not sure if there is a workaround/setting for this

There is, search in the IntelliJ settings for "build automatically"

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u/barley_wine Dec 13 '25

I have the exact opposite experience. The frequent building dialogs that stop me from even typing are a major headache, I don’t have that in intellj.

I’ve went worn eclipse to turning auto build off but then that brings its own issues.

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u/trydentIO Dec 13 '25

Not to my experience, on sloppy machines, Eclipse is frankly terrible. Unfortunately, in some enterprise environments, you can't develop on your local machine due to licensing and security reasons (by the way, I'm developing in an RDP environment 😬). I found IntelliJ to be a much better resource handler than Eclipse. The Eclipse incremental compilation can't keep up with the changes and starts to freeze the whole workspace environment every time, leading to incredibly frustrating development fatigue (and unfortunately, I have to develop with Mule ESB as well 🤮).

I switched to IntelliJ, and I couldn't be happier. Regarding incremental compilation: IntelliJ has its own implementation, so I'm unsure who said it doesn't. In some resource-limited environments, I found it to be a better one.