The current state of the Java IDE marketplace is that there are basically two major players:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NetBeans was developed by Sun Microsystems, who open sourced it. After Oracle acquired Sun, Oracle donated NetBeans to Apache, where it is now being developed.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Eclipse<\/strong>
- You can download it for free from\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Lists of Java IDE references may be found at (Some may not be terribly up to date):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- http:\/\/www.apl.jhu.edu\/~hall\/java\/IDEs.html<\/a><\/li>
- http:\/\/java.about.com\/od\/idesandeditors\/IDEs_and_Editors.htm<\/a> <\/li>
- http:\/\/javaboutique.internet.com\/demoIDEs\/<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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