I’ve had eclipse kepler for awhile now and it is heavily outdated. I have heard some good stuff about intellij, and am wondering if I should switch over to intellij idea or upgrade eclipse to mars. I haven’t done much work in eclipse so I am still not very used to it, so I could adjust easily. My laptop’s hard drive is kinda dying (also in market for SSD’s if you have any suggestions) so I need the disk load to be minimal. Being rather simple to use should also be a priority. I also enjoy extensive code feedback from the IDE, as I am a very noob developer. I have visual studio for stuff like c++, so I would only use intellij for java, maybe minecraft mods, and definitely sponge.
Yes, as long as you know all the basics of Java. I wont recommend you using it if you are still learning Java in school/college.
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SSD suggestions:
Samsung 850 EVO (NOT 840 EVO)
Crucial BX100
Crucial MX200
choose the one you like most. 
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I know the basics up to objects. Currently not learning any programming in school as no opportunities have arisen yet, but if I do learn I plan to learn more c++ so I think I am fine. @Tzk, thanks for the suggestions. I will look into those.
I would suggest using Eclipse because that’s what I use. It’s up to you though. Eclipse can also be used for many different programming languages and has a vast extension marketplace.
There are really two aspects to this question. In the end, which IDE is better comes down to opinion.
I’m programming on my own, should I switch IDEs?
It really depends on what you’re comfortable with. If you like Eclipse, I’d give IntelliJ a try. There’s nothing wrong with shopping around - after all, Eclipse can’t get upset at you for cheating. However, if you give IntelliJ an honest try and don’t feel more comfortable with it than your current IDE, well… if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
I’m programming with a team, and they all use IntelliJ. Should I switch?
Again, this comes to a comfort level thing. Naturally, if you need someone on your team to explain something to you which requires the use of your IDEs UI, they’re likely going to be at a disadvantage trying to direct you to the right place. However, while the IDEs differ in a lot of ways, most of the time your settings have a natural hierarchy that any program will end up following. In the end what’s most important here is to make sure that the different IDEs aren’t getting in the way in a programming tense. Formatting being the biggest difference between the two.
Shop around. It can’t hurt, you might find that you like IntelliJ. But should you switch? No one can answer that in an unbiased way.
<Xemiru> @FerusGrim https://forums.spongepowered.org/t/should-i-switch-from-eclipse-kepler-to-intellij-idea/8934/6?u=xemiru
<Xemiru> in that case i'm staying with eclipse
<Xemiru> <3333
<FerusGrim> Xemiru, gfy
<Xemiru> <33333333
<FerusGrim> <3
<FerusGrim> lol
<kashike> Xemiru: Using Eclipse instead of IntelliJ is like using sandpaper instead of toilet paper
<Xemiru> @kashike https://forums.spongepowered.org/t/should-i-switch-from-eclipse-kepler-to-intellij-idea/8934/6?u=xemiru
<Xemiru> this link shall now be how i respond to >getoffeclipsedamnit.
<Xemiru> .3.
<FerusGrim> Xemiru, Don't make me edit the post, specifically because of you.
<kashike> FerusGrim: add: "If Xemiru links this, tell Xemiru IntelliJ > Eclipse"
* Xemiru giggles in a corner
<FerusGrim> My public-facing rationalism is not the same as my "I'm your boss, do what the fuck I tell you to do" face.
<Xemiru> ohiknow```
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I don’t have the 100’ds of dollars for professional and I don’t need to develop polyglot so I will try community and get back to you
later.
HELP idea thinks my user folder is a project XD
EDIT: Resolved by deleting the “.idea” folder from C:\Users\Myname
As @FerusGrim said [quote]which IDE is better comes down to opinion[/quote]
I used Eclipse for about 2 years until I finally decided to try out Intellij and I really liked it.
I have a fairly crappy computer (2G RAM) and Intellij seems to consume much more resources and runs a lot slower seeing as it has many built-in features. Eclipse however is a very robust, it runs faster than Intellij does, it has a more active plugin community, but it has far less built-in features.
Whilst Eclipse uses workspaces and projects, Intellij uses projects and modules. Eclipse has code completion; while Intellij has code completion, smart code completion, and code suggestions.
Another thing that I found to be really nice about Intellij is that it was a lot easier for me to start and continue using. When I first started using Eclipse I had to read through tutorials to know the shortcuts, in Intellij if I didn’t know how to do X I could Ctrl+Shift+A and type X.
So @Zwei now that you’ve tried out Intellij, what do you think of it so far?
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I will form opinions on it after I finish my first forge mod. I do notice slugishness, but that’s from my dying harddrive (I have 8 GB ram a 3rd gen i5 and an nvidia 660 GTM so I am fairly sure my harddrive is at fault)
OFF TOPIC EDIT: Forge is such a pain to work with. Not only is it near impossible to find documentation, what there is is outdated, incorrect, or obfuscated… I ragequit 
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Welcome to forge, my friend 
But iirc they’re working on some kind of documentation at the moment… I could be wrong tho.
Intellij idea just doesn’t work. Despite how little work I did in eclipse, I am so much more used to it. Not to mention all intellij idea’s documentation is outdated. I can’t even make a freaking PACKAGE AFTER SPENDING 2 HOURS ON IT (endsalt). I’m going to switch back to eclipse.
Right-click directory > New > Package
Tried that. Package doesn’t show up for me
Right-click directory > Mark directory as (at the bottom) > Sources root
then try again.
I already ragedeleted the project before you responded, so let me set it back up.
Thanks, that worked.
but now I can’t add sponge as a dependency…