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> So the IDE becomes a hinderance, using memory, CPU, and screen real estate intrusively. The screen space used is highly configurable, but if it wasn't, I'd a

> So the IDE becomes a hinderance, using memory, CPU, and screen real estate intrusively. The screen space used is highly configurable, but if it wasn't, I'd agree. I don't care about memory or CPU at all. Maybe it's different for other languages, I mostly do PHP + JS/HTML/CSS, but PHPStorm vs vscode (+ plugins for both) is not even close, and PHPStorm makes me so much more productive and takes so much annoyance out of my day that investing in a beefier machine seems like a small price to pay. I've easily made that money back once a month just because I get more done. I like vscode, but I pretty much exclusively use it as a text editor and notepad.

ipaddr 6y ago
PHPStorm gives you so much, it feels like too much because it takes forever to load. Developing with php should feel fast. I feel like phpstorm slows me down. I like sublime, it opens the last project in .5 seconds. For me ctrl-p start typing is usually quicker than scrolling down a tree structure. I want to use phpStorm daily again but it gives me zend eclipse flashbacks. I wish they offered a light verson.
- luckylion 6y ago
  You might be having a different usage pattern than me. I typically work on only a few projects in a day, and I have those open in parallel and switch between windows. It's a shared process, so they're not each taking up resources (I wish that was changeable, since they've had and continue to have some annoying bugs around it).
- TylerE 6y ago
  Are you on a 15 year old laptop or something? The Jetbrains stuff really isn't _that_ heavyweight.
  - katbyte 6y ago
    Loads faster then vscode for me - the only real hinderance I find is it expects a “project” and isn’t very good at “I just want to edit this one file”
    - ta988 6y ago
      There is something exactly for that: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/lightedit-mode.html https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/lightedit-mode.html

ipaddr 6y ago

PHPStorm gives you so much, it feels like too much because it takes forever to load. Developing with php should feel fast. I feel like phpstorm slows me down. I like sublime, it opens the last project in .5 seconds. For me ctrl-p start typing is usually quicker than scrolling down a tree structure. I want to use phpStorm daily again but it gives me zend eclipse flashbacks. I wish they offered a light verson.

luckylion 6y ago
You might be having a different usage pattern than me. I typically work on only a few projects in a day, and I have those open in parallel and switch between windows. It's a shared process, so they're not each taking up resources (I wish that was changeable, since they've had and continue to have some annoying bugs around it).
TylerE 6y ago
Are you on a 15 year old laptop or something? The Jetbrains stuff really isn't _that_ heavyweight.
- katbyte 6y ago
  Loads faster then vscode for me - the only real hinderance I find is it expects a “project” and isn’t very good at “I just want to edit this one file”
  - ta988 6y ago
    There is something exactly for that: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/lightedit-mode.html https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/lightedit-mode.html