JetBrains has released a "spring refresh" of the recent major update of its flagship Java IDE, IntelliJ IDEA. Along with some bug fixes and usability enhancements, version 12.1 adds new support for ...

When people ask me why I prefer IntelliJ IDEA for Java development, my answer usually comes down to one thing: it feels like ...

Yes, we will support AIR in IntelliJ IDEA 8, but the exact plans are still under discussion. How about Sun's JavaFX? There is already a third-party plugin available that supports JavaFX.

While HTML5 is a solid challenger to rich-client frameworks like JavaFX, Java developers have reason to question current thinking that says native apps are out of the game. And for those claiming that ...