[solardev]

Jetbrains IDEs (Webstorm, PHPStorm, RubyMine, etc., or IntelliJ is the superset of all of them). Been using them for a decade and they are simply amazing. VSCode with a dozen plugins can kinda sorta replicate some of the functionality, but the Jetbrains stuff is just so much better integrated.

The UI is pretty cluttered and archaic though, and some simple things (like running the current file, or seeing the current npm scripts) are harder than they should be, and takes more steps than in VScode. But once you get the hang of it, there is soooo much power and time-saving features that VScode doesn't natively have.

The Jetbrains plug-in ecosystem also isn't quite as rich as VScode's, but it's there.

Their pricing is also very fair (it's a subscription, but the subscription gets cheaper if you keep it more than 1 year, up to like a 40% discount I think, and you can keep the last version you paid for even after you unsub just without further updates).

I love love love their stuff and it's the only software I'm truly happy to pay for.