For our first assignment in CPT 307: Data Structures & Algorithms, we were tasked with installing the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the NetBeans IDE. Installing the JDK was straightforward and painless. It was as simple as downloading the installer and following the installation wizard. NetBeans was a slightly different story. There were several different packages to download; I chose the package with the most language support. In hindsight, I probably should have downloaded only the package supporting Java, saving the other packages for when I actually use the other tools. After completing the NetBeans install, I kept getting an error about “GlassFish” whenever I tried creating a new project. I attempted to search the forums for a fix but found the NetBeans forums to be extremely confusing, and I could not find a solution to the issue. So I decided to search the internet for a different IDE to work with. What I found was the IntelliJ IDEA. JetBrains packed their I