[JackC]

I came to ask a similar question -- how much better is IDE support for statically typed languages than, for example, JetBrains' IDE support for Python, Javascript, CoffeeScript, etc? They offer code-completion, live error highlighting, go-to-declaration, refactoring (with a confirmation step if it's ambiguous), all that good stuff.[1] The interface asks for clarification when it's not sure what something refers to. It seems to work pretty well. I don't really use typed languages, though, so I don't know how much I'm missing. Can anyone comment based on experience with both?

(I actually also came to say, damn, y'all, IDE support is awesome, and it's here for dynamic languages. Go-to-declaration alone is lifechanging, since it's usually faster to jump into a library call with ctrl-B than to check the docs. Live error highlighting alone is worth it. Just give JetBrains whatever they ask for.)

[1] http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/features/index.html

[giulianob]

If you've ever used Resharper then it's difficult to work in any other environment. I doubt most of Resharper's features would be possible in a non statically typed language. It's a Jetbrains product as well:

http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/