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Hardware can fix that. I'm on latest MBA but I see no problem with performance. Recent hardware does have gigs of RAM to waste. Once IntelliJ is running, which
by mekster 6y ago
Hardware can fix that. I'm on latest MBA but I see no problem with performance. Recent hardware does have gigs of RAM to waste.
Once IntelliJ is running, which takes less than 10 seconds, projects open instantly. Probably even better on desktop machines.
Frankly VS code isn't good enough yet. It's the best if isn't for JetBrains but for instance, SQL queries are still just a string (unless I've missed the obvious plugin to allow me to auto complete column names and such according to the live database schema) but IntelliJ can highlight, auto complete and check errors once I register my database (also through ssh tunneling).
I do like VS code being faster but feature wise, I only use it to edit server config files through sftp plugin.
In 5 years, maybe JetBrains might feel pressured from competitors.
But it's only less than $15/mo if you pay annually and from 3rd year for their all products pack.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoI think this is largely a matter of where on the stack you tend to work. VSCode is significantly better than IntelliJ/WebStorm for JavaScript projects: jump to definition and the various refactorings are, IME, more reliable on development environments based on tsserver like VSCode.
- mekster 6y agoI work on TS only project but VS Code doesn't highlight my SQL queries and what part is significantly better? Genuinely want to know. I would switch if it really is.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoI found (on a team with a mix of VSC and WebStorm users) that VSCode had better overall support for jump to definition and refactorings: the refactorings, in particular, were more accurate and were less likely to change irrelevant locations or leave usages unchanged. Also, at the time, prettier integrated into VSC better: that may have changed since. (This is mostly for Javascript: Typescript is more Java-like, so IntelliJ's tooling may be better there.)
- mekster 6y ago> (This is mostly for Javascript: Typescript is more Java-like, so IntelliJ's tooling may be better there.) What? MS made TS, VS code is written in TS but somehow when it comes to TS, VS code doesn't work as good as JS?
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoI don’t know, I don’t really use or like Typescript. But, the reason I think IntelliJ may do better with Typescript is just that TS has a Java-like type system, so IntelliJ’s Design as a Java IDE may end up being an advantage.