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For typed languages like Java and Kotlin there is really no competition. IntelliJ is just clearly above every other IDE. For dynamic languages advantages are le
by ssijak 6y ago
For typed languages like Java and Kotlin there is really no competition. IntelliJ is just clearly above every other IDE. For dynamic languages advantages are less clear, but still there. Every time I tried to use VsCode for longer periods of time on my JS/TS projects, I would stumble on many small bugs and problems, usually with extensions that I would loose the nerve and just get back to Webstorm.
- skohan 6y agoIt shouldn't be surprising, right? Didn't Kotlin start as a JetBrains project?
- st3fan 6y agoIt did, and millions of Android developers use Android Studio, which is of course also part of the IntelliJ family. So I'm sure that and the (financial?) relationship with Google has also helped a crazy amount with making the whole platform better. I read somewhere that Jetbrains is valued a billion dollars these days. With zero investor funding. This is a very very serious business with smart leadership.
- spullara 6y agoIt is valued more than that, 2/3 of the founders are billionaires now. What I love about their story is they basically just made a great product that developers are willing to pay for and everyone else eventually died.