[cwdegidio]

I've used many IDEs... VS Code, VS, Eclipse, etc. (and use Macs exclusively)... end of the day, I swear by any of the JetBrains offerings (IntelliJ, WebStorm, etc). They are definitely more complicated, but they really are a true "development environment". Learning all the features is just something that comes with time, but it is honestly worth it. It's awesome having a space to work in that I never have to actually leave.

[ahmaman]

JetBrains seems to be indeed very popular among HN users.

Could you share some of your favorite features in WebStorm? Curious what would the pitch be if you would recommend it to a colleague.

[cwdegidio]

It's been a minute since I've run VS Code so there may be some overlaps here with their plugin ecosystem. But things I like: 1. I am a huge fan of the overall "layout" of the IDE.

2. I like being able to set different run configurations when working on a project, for example, if I have an index.js in a client folder and one in a host folder, I can set up an easy way to start them without having to drop to the cli (as much as I love the command line, sometimes I'm just in flow and don't want to bother tracking various tabs).

3. Being familiar with other JB products, it's easy to transfer knowledge from one to the other.

4. Really like the code maintenance capabilities and refactoring... identifying repeated code, easy reformatting, super simple renaming of things.

5. Excellent integration with various version control systems.

6. Recently I was working on a project that required a lot of work with a database and it was nice being able to work with it directly in the IDE without having to jump out of it.

These are just off the top of my head. I would definitely suggest looking at the user manual.

To me it just feels solid... I know that is very opinion based and maybe a bit abstract.

[sheerun]

What are the tools you like to use in JetBrains products?