Back in the early days of Java, developers created applications using nothing more than notepad and the DOS command prompt. Thanks to the advent of IDEs, those days are gone forever. Short for ...

Java integrated development environments (IDE) are one of the most-used application development tools in corporate development. They are also among the most capable developer products on the market.

I've been looking for a Java IDE for both Windows and Linux. Currently I'm comfortable with Visual J++ 1.1, but since its old ( and unsupported? ) I was wondering what the best ones out there are. And ...