Which IDE to choose for the Olympiad Programming?

Question

Java

Having taken a great interest in Olympiad programming, I can't decide which ide to use!
After watching various videos from the contests, I suddenly discovered that many Russian programmers use FAR to write programs? But why far then?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO1Y_BrAJHc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGxH0iZh97c

Answer 1

I would advise you to try everything a little, at least understand how to create a project and debug a little. Since it is not known what will be on the car during the Olympics. And spending time getting acquainted with an unfamiliar IDE right there is stupid. And on weekdays, use what you like.

Answer 2

For Java:
1) Eclipse (free)
2) IntelliJ IDEA (for your purposes, there is a free version)
I personally support IntelliJ IDEA
, although I used Eclipse for a long time, it's also a great product, it has its advantages
Far is some kind of nonsense. You have been deceived :)

Answer 3

It seems to me that the IDE for the Olympiad is redundant. IDE for long-term project work. The Olympics is here and now. IDE for working with a code base of tens of thousands of lines or more (refactoring, class tree navigation, etc.). Aleksey Rybak (Badoo) has a good discussion on this topic (the topic of comparing Olympiads and software production).
For the Olympiad, a text editor with syntax highlighting is well suited.

Answer 4

www.bluej.org