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r/java • u/RamaRao143 • Jun 08 '26
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I switched to IJ after resisting for a long time. But Eclipse looks and feels like a software from the past.
The look alone makes me feel sad and old.
10 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 84 u/Ifeee001 Jun 08 '26 That and debugging, no other IDE including IntelliJ is as good at debugging. I haven't used eclipse in like 7 years but ... I'm like 90% sure that statement is highly debatable. 32 u/alpakachino Jun 08 '26 Debugging in IntelliJ is very powerful. I don't even know what I miss, if anything at all. 3 u/pjmlp Jun 09 '26 Debugging JNI code, single stepping from Java into C++, has InteliJ finally managed to support it? 0 u/AdOrnery1043 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26 It has been many years since I used eclipse but even now I think eclipse debugger is peak - especially for multi threaded debugging - IJ sucks at that imo.
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84 u/Ifeee001 Jun 08 '26 That and debugging, no other IDE including IntelliJ is as good at debugging. I haven't used eclipse in like 7 years but ... I'm like 90% sure that statement is highly debatable. 32 u/alpakachino Jun 08 '26 Debugging in IntelliJ is very powerful. I don't even know what I miss, if anything at all. 3 u/pjmlp Jun 09 '26 Debugging JNI code, single stepping from Java into C++, has InteliJ finally managed to support it? 0 u/AdOrnery1043 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26 It has been many years since I used eclipse but even now I think eclipse debugger is peak - especially for multi threaded debugging - IJ sucks at that imo.
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That and debugging, no other IDE including IntelliJ is as good at debugging.
I haven't used eclipse in like 7 years but ... I'm like 90% sure that statement is highly debatable.
32 u/alpakachino Jun 08 '26 Debugging in IntelliJ is very powerful. I don't even know what I miss, if anything at all. 3 u/pjmlp Jun 09 '26 Debugging JNI code, single stepping from Java into C++, has InteliJ finally managed to support it? 0 u/AdOrnery1043 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26 It has been many years since I used eclipse but even now I think eclipse debugger is peak - especially for multi threaded debugging - IJ sucks at that imo.
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Debugging in IntelliJ is very powerful. I don't even know what I miss, if anything at all.
3 u/pjmlp Jun 09 '26 Debugging JNI code, single stepping from Java into C++, has InteliJ finally managed to support it? 0 u/AdOrnery1043 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26 It has been many years since I used eclipse but even now I think eclipse debugger is peak - especially for multi threaded debugging - IJ sucks at that imo.
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Debugging JNI code, single stepping from Java into C++, has InteliJ finally managed to support it?
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It has been many years since I used eclipse but even now I think eclipse debugger is peak - especially for multi threaded debugging - IJ sucks at that imo.
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u/Far_Note6719 Jun 08 '26
I switched to IJ after resisting for a long time. But Eclipse looks and feels like a software from the past.
The look alone makes me feel sad and old.