the integrated development environment (ide) is a big part of the toolkit of a modern software developer. java projects have complex development processes, especially if the project is going to be developed using open source and j2ee technologies. a smart and efficient ide plays an important role in making developers more efficient and productive in doing their tasks and meeting project deadlines. this review discusses one such smart ide - idea 4.0.
jetbrains, inc., develops the intellij line of products and idea is their ide for java development. at the time of this writing, idea 4.0 was on its way to being released.
idea is not only a server-side development ide, the new release also has a gui designer for front-end development and design. idea integrates various tools like ant, junit, and cvs. it provides a lot of help to the developer without getting in the way. the keys, editor settings, sdk settings, path, etc., are fully and easily configurable.
an evaluation copy can be downloaded from their web site with your choice of platform, and installation is easy and smooth. im sure youll be very pleased with its documentation, which is well written and extremely helpful to developers.
the following is a brief description of some of ideas features, most of which are important for any java developer.
those import statements!
if youre a developer who has been doing java for some time, youl... 下一页