[gavinray]

I prefer Java in VS Code, but unfortunately there's no solid option for Kotlin outside of IntelliJ.

One of my two major gripes about Kotlin -- that, and the lack of a standardized style guide and formatting tool so that there's no bikeshedding or difference between repos.

[pjmlp]

Java in VSCode is either Eclipse or Netbeans running headless, better use the real deal.

Of course that is no Kotlin outside InteliJ, JetBrains even has a blog post on how Kotlin is supposed to help selling more licenses.

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2011/08/why-jetbrains-need...

By the way, for a little while there were some JetBrains employees doing an Eclipse plugin, but naturally they ramped out that effort.

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2015/09/kotlin-eclipse-plu...