[fipar]

Agree completely that it's mind-blowing, it's my go-to tool when I do need an IDE (though I get most of my work done on emacs).

However, at my age, another thing that's mind-blowing is that this is now considered efficient. My first experiences with this was with (IIRC) was its predecessor, Forte for Java, and while I loved it, I remember it being a huge resource-hog. It's unbelievable to me how much computing power has improved to the point that something like NetBeans can be considered efficient (I don't discount their efforts in making it more efficient, but I think the fact we have more brute-force capacity these days certainly helps a lot).

[rob74]

Well, it's efficient if you compare it with the even newer (and even less efficient) generation of IDEs based on browser technology. Haven't used NetBeans in a while, but JetBrains are doing their very best to hide Java from you - their products come with their own (probably customized) OpenJDK so you don't have to have Java installed etc.

[prmoustache]

Scale down the speed of your processor and you quickly see what a resource hog jetbrains IDE are.

[bitwize]

Emacs was once considered a resource hog. Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping...

[meepmorp]

Eventually Mallocs All Computer Storage

[HelloNurse]

In the time of Forté For Java there were no SSDs.

[kodeninja]

Oh boy! Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a looong time :).