Foojay Podcast #12: State and Future of the IDEs
Every Java developer picks an IDE, and that choice shapes the day-to-day work. But what does it take to keep an IDE current when the language ships a new version every six months and the ecosystem keeps shifting? We sat down with the people behind the four big options to hear how they handle it. Joining the conversation are Helen Scott (IntelliJ IDEA), Martin Lippert (Eclipse), Nick Zhu (Microsoft, Visual Studio Code), and Geertjan Wielenga (Apache NetBeans), in Foojay Podcast #12.
What we talked about
- What an IDE actually is and its core components
- Apache NetBeans as a community-run project
- The communities around Spring and Eclipse
- OSGi inside Eclipse
- How JetBrains builds a company around its IDEs
- Java support in Visual Studio Code and Microsoft’s role
- Spring Tools and how they plug into different IDEs
- Running IDEs on small platforms
- Code With Me and other live collaboration features
- Online editors and where they fit
- The benefits each IDE brings and their 2023 roadmap items
What stood out
Four IDEs, four very different stories. One leans on a strong open-source community, another on a commercial product strategy, another on a big tech platform, and another on a long-standing foundation project. They all face the same pressure to keep Java developers productive.
See the Foojay Podcast #12 for all info, shownotes, links, etc.