I bonded with IntelliJ IDEA tonight.  I really started to feel like I was holding the hammer the right way for the first time.

BANG!  automatic try-catch blocks

BANG!  rename one method and tell it to update your entire project

BANG! alt-insert to populate all your getters and setters for a bean

BANG! automatically generate import statements

BANG! ANT compiles your files and puts them in the right place

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