I also started to use eclipse a few month ago, and found that it has some very well thought out productivity oriented features... one of my favorites is ... tooltips/completion. I confess... even though i have been using java since the first JDK, I am a major adict for auto-completion. I use new libraries on a monthly basis, and would not have the time to try to learn them all to the last parameter type...

The only thing to remember about eclipse and its IBM branded counterparts is that they do not have a GUI designer built-in yet. However, they are very good for server based development.

cheers
laurent

I really like IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer (or the cheaper version "Site Developer, Advanced").

It is built on top of Eclipse (www.eclipse.org) which is good too but the IBM version adds a lot of other good stuff (JSP, HTML syntax highlighting, database schemas, XML editing, ...).

We're trying to figure out if we can get WSAD as an upgrade (cheaper than buying the whole new thing), to our previous VAJ licenses.