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Some would argue VSCode can be lighter because these 33 things aren't baked in for those who don't want them.
by markmark 8y ago
Some would argue VSCode can be lighter because these 33 things aren't baked in for those who don't want them.
- Bishonen88 8y agoYou can disable most of the plugins in the jetbrain suite, too.
- isakkeyten 8y agoPractice has shown that it's easier to add things than to remove them.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoAlso not being Electron apps they're probably more lightweight anyway despite the extra features.
- vvillena 8y agoBut they are Java apps. I use IntelliJ daily (for Scala development) and I'm happy with it, but it doesn't feel lightweight or snappy.
- mariusmg 8y ago>they're probably more lightweight anyway Jetbrains IDEs and lightweight in the same sentence. Notepad++ and Sublime Text are lightweight, Jetbrains IDEs are not...
- redhale 8y agoI literally laughed out loud sitting here at my desk. JetBrains IDEs are many things, but "lightweight" is not one of them. Electron does not have a monopoly on bloat.
- milesokeefe 8y agoIntelliJ IDEA is easily the worst performing application I use. I only use it because of the top class Kotlin support (figures, given JetBrains created it). I end up regularly toggling Power Save mode on and off to reduce how much my CPU gets blown up. That mode turns off code suggestion, auto-imports, and error detection among other pretty core things.
- Aaargh20318 8y agoIt could have been if it was a real (native) app.