Is IntelliJ IDEA faster than Eclipse?

The more plugins installed in the IDE make it more heavy for your computer. However, Eclipse handles the large projects faster as compared to IntelliJ Idea because it indexes the entire project on start-up. But, when you are working on an existing project, IntelliJ Idea works faster and smoother as compared to Eclipse .

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Can you use IntelliJ on Windows?

Although IntelliJ IDEA is bundled with JRE 8, you still need to have JDK 8 or higher installed on your computer first . That means the IDE is running on its own JRE and requires a separate JDK for Java development. Here, you can download the Ultimate edition or Community edition for Windows, Mac or Linux.

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