The Visual Café Java IDE sports updated JIT and native-code compilers for Java 2. The StructureBuilder modeling tool integrates well with Visual Café and is ideal for smaller designs.

IntelliJ is one of the most popular integrated development environments (IDEs) out there, with a focus on Java and Kotlin.

Along with the Java platform NetBeans IDE 7.0 supports PHP, JavaScript, Ajax and C/C++. But Hilwa noted that the new release drops support for the Ruby programming language.