We were forced to use this ide back in the days when I went to school. I never encountered something more worse to use then this "IDE".
Not to mention we were told to use notepad in the beginning... Can't make this sh* up.
From my perspective its very confusing for beginners to switch to a proper IDE after using this. And I will not mind the argument that "proper" IDE are overwhelming.
If you are new to programming most likely everything, including BlueJ, is overwhelming.
And with a good teacher and a good introduction I don't think its too much for beginners to use something like IntelliJ.
Just use the "correct" tools right away.
//edit:
The IDE might improved a lot since the last time I used it.
Didn't wanted to talk bad on BlueJ itself.
From my perspective its very confusing for beginners to switch to a proper IDE after using this. And I will not mind the argument that "proper" IDE are overwhelming. If you are new to programming most likely everything, including BlueJ, is overwhelming. And with a good teacher and a good introduction I don't think its too much for beginners to use something like IntelliJ.
Just use the "correct" tools right away.
//edit: The IDE might improved a lot since the last time I used it. Didn't wanted to talk bad on BlueJ itself.