title: Which is the Best Java IDE for Spring Framework?
body: <p>Which is the best base java IDE (eclipse, Netbean) for developing spring based application apart from IntelliJ. </p>
  
  <p>I have used NetBean so far , the online documentation and google search points to only one link <a href="http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/web/quickstart-webapps-spring.html" rel="noreferrer">http://netbeans.org/kb/docs/web/quickstart-webapps-spring.html</a> . So does it mean we can only develop Spring MVC application.
  If we start Spring MVC application , the suggestion window work very slow, also we cannot map existing classes with the bean, or cannot explore features, it only prompts bean attributes.</p>
  
  <p>Also we cannot start with the application with existing source, even tried to add framework later will not work. I had recently downloaded Net-Bean 7.0 , which is latest so far, I have tried to install springs plugins for net-bean <a href="http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/808/spring-netbeans-module" rel="noreferrer">http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/808/spring-netbeans-module</a> but it was in vain, although the post on the plug-in page says no additional plugin will be required, but while installing, it throws some error like as shown in image attached.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/aqWN2.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Not tried Eclipse yet.</p>
  
  <p>I have seen IntelliJ on my friends machine. The development on it is fast and excellent, but bit expensive for personal application development.</p>
  
  <p>Please suggest what to do, any less expensive but good IDE for spring.</p>