Major difference between Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA | Why Eclipse | Why IntelliJ IDEA




Difference between Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA

Eclipse: It is an open-source IDE for implementing and developing the applications by using different programming languages like Python, Java, Scala, C, C++, Groovy and Kotlin, etc,

IntelliJ IDEA: It is one of the most popular, fully-featured IDE for developing the applications. IntelliJ IDEA s available in two editions one is “Community edition” and “Ultimate Edition”. Coming to Community Edition is free and open-source to developing the Java and Android applications. Now it supports some of the languages like Scala, Groovy and Kotlin, etc.
Apart from that Ultimate Edition has the most advanced set of features for implementing and developing the applications.

Performance:

These two IDE s are installed on the computer and it takes more memory in your PC.  Eclipse & IntelliJ IDEA handles large projects as compared to other IDEs. Coming to our point of view Eclipse handles more and large projects as compared to IntelliJ IDEA. For existing projects, IntelliJ IDEA is better to compare to Eclipse.

2. Debugging:





As per our analysis, debugging process we want t to evaluate the different expressions and to see exact results. IntelliJ IDEA we do not need to select the whole expression but Eclipse we need to select the whole expression. One of the important points is after selecting the whole expression in Eclipse, we need to press Ctrl+Shift+ I shortcut to see the results. While debugging with IntelliJ IDEA we need press Alt+F8 shortcut to see the results.

3. Autocomplete:

Autocomplete is what determines any IDE from the notepad. IntelliJ IDEA gives the “feeling the context”

Summary: Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA both are fantastic IDEs for Java developing and other applications developing related. For large projects that will go with Eclipse is better and Andriod related application go with IntelliJ IDEA.

IntelliJ IDEA is quickly and easily write and change the code as compared to Eclipse and debugging also. Eclipse marketplace provides the different types of plugins approximately 1500, whereas the IntelliJ IDEA provides approximately 900 plugins.