Following the release of Oracle’s Java 8, NetBeans IDE 8.0 has been announced. The open IDE release delivers out-of-the-box code analyzers and editors for the latest Java 8 technologies (Java SE 8, ...

Company to offer free edition of its IntelliJ IDEA technology alongside commercial version JetBrains, which has provided its IntelliJ Idea Java IDE as a commercial product, now is offering a preview ...

A look at some of the best integrated development environments (IDEs) and code editors for Java software developers. Learn more. Back in the early days of Java, developers created applications using ...

Since entering the Java IDE market in early 2000, this small Czech company has quickly garnered quite a loyal following of Java developers. Vladimir Roubtsov, a senior engineer at Trilogy—a software ...

There's a host of IDEs currently available -- here's a quick look at three from Eclipse, JetBrains, and Oracle The key to choosing an IDE is selecting one that makes you as productive as comfortably ...

On Tuesday Oracle announced the release of a new version of its NetBeans IDE that takes advantage of the latest enhancements in the newest release of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE 8).

Eclipse is generally recommended. (Personally I think it blows but many here like it) I think there is also netBeans. Those are the two free java IDEs I know. A quick google search will bring them up.

Eclipse IDE 2026-06 (Eclipse 4.40) adds support for Java 26 and delivers updates across Java tooling, debugging, Git integration, plug-in development, and the broader Eclipse platform. The release ...