After years of working with WSAD, Eclipse and JDeveloper I was finally provided with a license for IDEA.
After the trail period expired I was convinced that this was the tool of choice for any Java developer. Now that I am a proud owner of a license my Java work suddenly became more effective and pleasant.
The other tool, JRebel, which by no means is an unknown tool, the workflow has become simply amazing. Everything just works. No bugs (as of yet) and no hassle with the third party plugins.
By no means is this post any attempt to undermine the work done by all the fantastic talented developers of the other IDE's mentioned above. Just a simple statement of fact that the people at Jetbrains are a bunch of innovative people that have created a fantastic tool.
Needless to say, the Maven support is stunning. And I have not yet had time to explore all the other goodies that IntelliJ have to offer.
So for all you Java developers out there, download the latest trail and test i for 30 days and give it a go :)
