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by ffsm8 601 days ago
As a person that frequently uses vscode and the paid versions of the jetbrains IDEs: Aren't these just Plugins you can install from the settings(both for vscode and jetbrains IDEs)?

Do the free versions not include plugin support?
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lolinder 601 days ago
The GitHub Copilot integration is built by Microsoft and is present in both of the CE builds (IntelliJ and PyCharm). I'm not at all sure why they think it's not.

OP is correct about Docker integration and Dev Containers: they cannot be added to the free versions. Dev Containers specifically seems to be OP's big sticking point, but it's a weirdly pedantic point. JetBrains can't give everything away for free or they wouldn't be able to fund their development.

Picking a few professional-grade features and asking people to pay if they really need them is a totally reasonable approach.

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OutOfHere 601 days ago
> The GitHub Copilot integration is built by Microsoft and is present in both of the CE builds (IntelliJ and PyCharm).

Apologies. Nevertheless, going by its user reviews, it gets the short end of the stick relative to what's in VSCode. Those who've used it with both PyCharm and VSCode seem to prefer using it in VSCode because they find various functionalities lacking in PyCharm.

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OutOfHere 601 days ago
Like I said already, the free versions of JetBrains IDEs do not have these plugins or features.
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