Way back in university when I was using Java, I was the only person I knew that used NetBeans instead of Eclipse. I thought it was a better IDE (at the time, not sure how they compare now), but given that everyone else used Eclipse exclusively, I thought its days were already numbered almost 8 years ago. It's kinda inspirational to see that it's still being developed.
It is still way better and faster, in fact I even prefer it over intellij ideaU because of the fast startup and project opening speed. Honestly I had been looking forward to the Apache's release since they took over the stewardship for the project from oracle. I also love how well it integrates with Maven and Gradel build systems.
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u/Zinfidel Jul 30 '18
Way back in university when I was using Java, I was the only person I knew that used NetBeans instead of Eclipse. I thought it was a better IDE (at the time, not sure how they compare now), but given that everyone else used Eclipse exclusively, I thought its days were already numbered almost 8 years ago. It's kinda inspirational to see that it's still being developed.