VS Code has every chance to take over as the standard IDE and become the go-to integrated development environment for Java development in 2024.

According to Statista, more than 30% of the world’s developers used Java in 2023, and some of the largest companies in the world continue to use Java for software development.

Java IDEs have improved steadily over the past few years. Products from IBM, Borland and Sun show just how far they have come.

We reviewed the Standard Edition, which combines the Visual Café 4 Java IDE, an object-oriented modeling tool, a Web design environment, and a single-user copy of BEA’s WebLogic server.

Custom development firm Instantiations, Portland, Ore., is a longtime IBM partner that used to create add-ons for IBM's Visual Age for Java development environment.

— Project Rave, Sun’s much anticipated Java development environment and the centerpiece of its plan to broaden Java’s appeal by making it easier to use, was officially named Java Studio Creator.

Python Development Libraries. Python has several packages that can be useful for development, especially if you’re building C extensions for Python or need Python’s virtual environment support: sudo ...