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I've used Intellij for the Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript. I can say that in no way I found VSCode be able to to take on it, even the JavaScri

I've used Intellij for the Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript. I can say that in no way I found VSCode be able to to take on it, even the JavaScript support and they way they have integration with many JavaScript frameworks and other languages frameworks is something I cannot find in VSCode. Intellij IDEs are really fast, very well integrated and made to get me productive, I couldn't find that in VSCode. Worth noting, I still use VSCode for JavaScript & HTML & CSS development, but only when it's not heavy development, otherwise Intellij IDEs.

RussianCow 8y ago
> Intellij IDEs are really fast I would strongly dispute this. I love the JetBrains IDEs and have been using IntelliJ IDEA for many years, but performance in general is definitely not one of its strong suits (though it has improved significantly over the years). IntelliJ just feels very sluggish to me, and regularly lags and hangs on our (rather large) work codebase. Anything that causes the IDE to start indexing takes about a full minute before it is usable again. Then there's the occasional crash due to a bad plugin. And it definitely (at least for me) uses more battery on my MacBook than any other editor I've tried. Having said all that, I try VSCode and other editors every couple months, but I always find myself coming back to IntelliJ IDEA for the reasons you mentioned. Currently, it's just a superior and "smarter" IDE, though I expect Microsoft to narrow the gap over time.
- Damarus 8y ago
  Are you sure you're not just running out of heap space? That problem appeared really quickly when we migrated our devs to IntelliJ, and slowed it down to a crawl. The default 750MB are just not enough for projects with 5000+ Classes.
  - nevercomments 8y ago
    IMO it shouldn't fall on the shoulder of users to manage the application's memory allocation on its behalf.
  - RussianCow 8y ago
    It's possible. I did increase mine a while back but I don't remember by how much—I'll try increasing it further and seeing if that helps. Either way, I agree with the sibling comment: As a user, I shouldn't have to worry about memory allocation at all, so even if that is the issue, that's one point against IntelliJ vs other editors.
pjmlp 8y ago
> Intellij IDEs are really fast Not on my Core Duo without turning lots of plugins off. Eclipse and VS 2017 still manage to outperform it, without disabling anything. And that continuous indexing that we cannot disable. :(
- Alir3z4 8y ago
  > And that continuous indexing that we cannot disable. :( You can turn off the continuous indexing by "File > Power Save Mode"

RussianCow 8y ago

> Intellij IDEs are really fast I would strongly dispute this. I love the JetBrains IDEs and have been using IntelliJ IDEA for many years, but performance in general is definitely not one of its strong suits (though it has improved significantly over the years). IntelliJ just feels very sluggish to me, and regularly lags and hangs on our (rather large) work codebase. Anything that causes the IDE to start indexing takes about a full minute before it is usable again. Then there's the occasional crash due to a bad plugin. And it definitely (at least for me) uses more battery on my MacBook than any other editor I've tried. Having said all that, I try VSCode and other editors every couple months, but I always find myself coming back to IntelliJ IDEA for the reasons you mentioned. Currently, it's just a superior and "smarter" IDE, though I expect Microsoft to narrow the gap over time.

Damarus 8y ago
Are you sure you're not just running out of heap space? That problem appeared really quickly when we migrated our devs to IntelliJ, and slowed it down to a crawl. The default 750MB are just not enough for projects with 5000+ Classes.
- nevercomments 8y ago
  IMO it shouldn't fall on the shoulder of users to manage the application's memory allocation on its behalf.
- RussianCow 8y ago
  It's possible. I did increase mine a while back but I don't remember by how much—I'll try increasing it further and seeing if that helps. Either way, I agree with the sibling comment: As a user, I shouldn't have to worry about memory allocation at all, so even if that is the issue, that's one point against IntelliJ vs other editors.

pjmlp 8y ago

> Intellij IDEs are really fast Not on my Core Duo without turning lots of plugins off. Eclipse and VS 2017 still manage to outperform it, without disabling anything. And that continuous indexing that we cannot disable. :(

Alir3z4 8y ago
> And that continuous indexing that we cannot disable. :( You can turn off the continuous indexing by "File > Power Save Mode"