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Idea is abysmal at editing ruby/node, even with the plugins for those environments. He could grab webstorm and ruby mine? but that would be quite an investment

Idea is abysmal at editing ruby/node, even with the plugins for those environments. He could grab webstorm and ruby mine? but that would be quite an investment.

noarchy 13y ago
It would be an investment, but for a software developer these are professional tools. The problem, though, is that free alternatives exist for those who don't mind a learning curve.
- kansface 13y ago
  Oh I didn't mean exclusively in terms of time. Using a quasi open source editor means you are invested into the future of the editor itself (see TextMate). Having said that, Jetbrains has been around for a while and Idea is kick ass for Java.
conradfr 13y ago
Well yes for Ruby and Rails you would use RubyMine (Webstorm is included in it anyway), not InteliJ. I only know PhpStorm but I don't regret the investment, time and money-wise (bought it on sale though).
- TylerE 13y ago
  Why? It's the exact same plugin code. The. same. plugin. code.
  - kansface 13y ago
    Sure, the SDK is the same, but the UI is tottaly different. Just setting up the project in Idea will take a day or two (because the UI is bad).