Java developers are used to cranking out work and getting shit done. IntelliJ IDEA is one of my favorite tools, and I thought it would be interesting to write about the specifics I like the most. Before that, let me share my development history.
My Java development experience began in the late 90s—I used HomeSite as my editor, which was an HTML editor developed by Nick Bradbury. HomeSite made it easy to view your code because it defaulted to a normal view, rather than being WYSIWYG like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. I often look back and laugh about how I used to work: I would google import statements, then copy/paste them in the editor.