"More of a community than a planned and deliberately architected IDE, Eclipse is the juggernaut that is taking the development world by storm," EDC wrote. "Eclipse is the most popular Java IDE ...

Java revolutionized software development 30 years ago. Even with the rise of web apps, there's a bright future for Java desktop application development.

Java compilers include the Java Programming Language Compiler (javac), the GNU Compiler for Java (GCJ), the Eclipse Compiler for Java (ECJ), and Jikes. Programmers typically write language statements ...