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I've been using WebStorm and find myself using more and more VSCode which seems to be catching up. The three key differences for me are 1) licensing (working in

I've been using WebStorm and find myself using more and more VSCode which seems to be catching up. The three key differences for me are 1) licensing (working in different environments and can not always bring my own tooling or get tooling for the team fast enough to make it worth my while). 2) State: VSCode may not have a in depth model of what is going on but I can point it anywhere and get immediately some level of productivity. 3) Language agnostic. I often don't even know what I will encounter when I start out. Working longer on a larger code base I would prefer a specialized IDE like WebStorm hands down but that seems not to happen so frequently.

poulsbohemian 8y ago
JetBrains offers a ~ $200/year subscription license that gives you all of their tools, for exactly that scenario, IE: I need python on this project, ruby on that one, etc. As a professional developer, $200/year is just a small business write-off and totally worth the money to have one set of tools that I can bring to bear on any project. So, you might check that out to overcome your licensing concern, if you prefer WebStorm et. al over VSCode.
- Bjartr 8y ago
  Just checked, for individuals the "All Products Pack" is $250/yr. and for Organizations/Corporate use is $650/yr./user
  - poulsbohemian 8y ago
    Maybe I got a "repeat buyer" discount or something then. Either way - even at $650/year it's just the cost of doing business / immediately deducted from your taxes.