JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Blog

In ancient times, Genova was a place where mighty armies frequently crossed their swords in fierce conflicts to determine who would rule the city and the surrounding area. On 10th March 2008 at the Genova university the mighty armies of Sun, Oracle and JetBrains met in a friendly battle - a battle of Java IDEs. Thanks to careful organization from the JUG Genova people the event went very smoothly and more that 120 attendees checked out all three IDEs (NetBeans, JDeveloper and IntelliJ IDEA) side by side. Events like this one certainly help developers who care about the way they create software, to make qualified decisions about choosing the best IDEs for their projects. I really enjoyed presenting here, the audience was great, as was the whole event . I’d like to thank the organizers for preparing the event and the audience for being so responsive and enthusiastic. As always, in its long history, it’s Genova who won the battle. I’m glad I could participate.

This post is by Vaclav Pech - I’m just the messenger, since he’s now at the IDE Shootout in Rome

If you’re interested, Fabrizio Giudici posted a few good pics of the Genova event here.

Just a quick blog today,

We’ve just received a message from the folks over at JavaOne allowing us to give a $100 discount to anyone who would like to visit the conference this year… We’re quite excited to be attending this year, and look forward to see you all there!

Would anyone be interested in a meetup outside of the conference with the JetBrains development teams?

For the $100 conference discount, go to: http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/index.jsp
And enter the code: ECXH66

This link and code can be passed around as much as you’d like, so feel free to share it with your community

All the best,

Dave Booth