[trigger]

JRebel is worth a look for a similar experience. It reloads classes when they change so no server restarts required.

http://www.zeroturnaround.com/jrebel/

[madewulf]

As long as it costs money and is not open source, this will never become hip amongst the cool guys.

[toomasr]

IDEA costs money, is not fully open source but is still hip. What gives?