IDEs

A term you might have heard or will hear in the future is "IDE."

IDE stands for "Integrated Development Environment." It is basically a text editor with a bunch of features "integrated" that ease "development" of software.

Programs like Eclipse, IntelliJ, and Netbeans are all considered Java IDEs. This is because they come integrated with functionality that makes developing specficially programs in Java easier.

Text editors that have plugins available can often be juiced up enough that they will also be considered "IDEs." This is the case for VSCode which has two Java plugins as well as plugins which support development in other languages.¹