I do have to maintain libraries in several languages, basically every JetBrains IDE has built-in first-class support for JS/TypeScript + all popular Web file formats irrespective of whatever backend language you're developing in.įor Dart, Java & Kotlin I use Android Studio, but if I need to do a lot of development with Java/Kotlin I'll bounce to IDEA.įor TypeScript/JS npm projects I use VS Code for small changes, but bounce to WebStorm for longer sessions.įor the Swift package I use Xcode for development & VS Code for git, update docs & run publish scripts. If Jetbrains just did something to speed up the platform then pretty much IMO it beats anything Vscode has to offer. Everything is slow, takes forever and can lock up.
What makes jetbrains worse is that this central platform they're developing for is bloated.
What makes Jetbrains better is this focused and higher quality bundle of features that feels cohesive. Both are coding platforms that can be plugged with new features, it's just that jetbrains locks some of this customization down and sells their IDEs with bundles of plugins that offers a better core experience. This is no different then Vscode when you think about it. It's because all Jetbrains needed to develop was a plugin and shove it into an existing ecosystem. That's why CLion is only a couple years old and still really good. All these IDE's are basically different bundles of plugins running on the exact same core platform. They deliver different configurations and different defaults on TOP of this IDE, then they lock it down a little and ship each one of these profiles under a different name. ON the surface however Jetbrains doesn't exactly release this IDE to the public. This IDE is a single platform that can take plugins and code in any language and be customizable to your hearts content. Essentially behind the scenes there's one jetbrains IDE. Almost all of their IDE's can for example integrate with the javascript ecosystem. Additionally most of their IDE's have the ability to code in several other languages seperate from the core experience.
#VSCODE VS GOLAND INSTALL#
Intellij allows you to install pretty much most of the features from all the other jetbrains IDEs as plugins. In short, code editors usually cast a really wide net with a lot of configurability and extensibility, while (jetbrains) IDEs tend to go really deep on a single language or workflow, with less extensibility, and deep configurability within the supported language itself. It supports syntax highlighting and maybe a couple of other small features, but that's it! While that's great, you shouldn't go edit python code in Phpstorm. Phpstorm for instance has built-in support for three different standalone code quality checkers, composer (package manager) support, deep language understanding with highlighting, warning, errors, refactorings, generators etc, doc comments, code formatting, support for different testing frameworks, a built-in debugger, etcetcetc. They put a lot of resources into supporting a language and all its relevant workflows. Consider CLion for C, it's only a couple of years old! Jetbrains on the other hand works on IDEs built for one specific language explicitly. Usually this means that it's fairly lightweight, supports every language under the sun, is highly configurable and extensible, but doesn't have a lot of very in-depth features, and also partially relies on third-party extensions for deeper functionality. Vscode is a "text editor" or a "code editor". Part of it feels like it comes from a different development philosophy.
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