Things possible in Eclipse that aren’t possible in IntelliJ? [closed]

Answer 1

Since Eclipse 3.3 (but it can be done before using a plugin), you can automatically execute actions while saving a Java file:

• organize imports
• format source code
• some other actions (like adding annotations, removing unnecessary casts...)

This can be configured in Preferences > Java > Editor > Save actions.

Answer 2

Overall I had good working experience in both IDEs so both have many good features. In IDEA 9_0_3 I am facing a strange problem working with SVN. I can see the history of changes in repository view but it shows nothing as incoming changes which is frustrating. The alternate is to update the directories which bring latest but without any choice.. it get all

Answer 3

As far as I know there is no alternative to Eclipse's excellent Mylyn task plugin in IntelliJ.

Answer 4

Eclipse's incremental compiler lets you run unit tests even while there are compiler errors in unrelated code. IntelliJ relies on javac which doesn't emit bytecode unless all the code is valid.