Comparing Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and JBuilder

Comparing features is one of the liveliest debates about 
 IDEs. Four of the most widely used Java IDEs are Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA and JBuilder. Fans of each will tell you their favorite does things the others can't.

IBM, a founding member of the Eclipse consortium and arguably the biggest investor in the IDE, has put together
 a series called Migrating to Eclipse: A developer’s guide to evaluating Eclipse. It aims to make it easier to switch from NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA or JBuilder to Eclipse. Each installment focuses on a particular IDE and compares it with Eclipse.

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