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Community build is completely fine for writing Kotlin. You probably only need an IntelliJ license if you want a bunch of the non-Kotlin plugins.
by jpgvm 5y ago
Community build is completely fine for writing Kotlin. You probably only need an IntelliJ license if you want a bunch of the non-Kotlin plugins.
- jillesvangurp 5y agoExactly, it's what I use currently for Kotlin frontend and backend development. I've also used the opensource community edition it for Java and Python development. There are a few things that you would have to pay up for that might be worth the money depending on what you are doing. I think their C/C++ IDE (CLion) costs money for example and they have an alternative to XCode called AppCode that does not have a community edition. And they have a few other things that might be worth the cash. But simple Kotlin development works great without that. Everything you need comes with the community edition. You do need a fast computer to run it. It's a resource hog.