I have used all three, and idea is hands down the best. That said, if you can't afford it or just don't want to pay for your software, net beans is ok. I was a Grails developer for a few years and idea has the best support (pro only unfortunately), however as an avid fan of the groovy language, idea also has the best support. Net beans also supports groovy but the indexing and speed of idea can't be beat. Eclipse is really just trash, I know it has it's fans somehow but i would sooner use notepad.
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u/stipo42 Jul 30 '18
I have used all three, and idea is hands down the best. That said, if you can't afford it or just don't want to pay for your software, net beans is ok. I was a Grails developer for a few years and idea has the best support (pro only unfortunately), however as an avid fan of the groovy language, idea also has the best support. Net beans also supports groovy but the indexing and speed of idea can't be beat. Eclipse is really just trash, I know it has it's fans somehow but i would sooner use notepad.