IDEA isn’t Java-only. Most of the other languages are available as plugins. IDEA is typically the go-to IDE for multilanguage projects.
Except .NET then you can use Rider which is pretty much IDEA but with added support for .NET, which makes it… better…? Not sure.
Most of their products are like that. There are a lot of specific language support features in each one that may become available as plugins later on but not at the same pace or “fullness” as the specific product itself.
For example, PHPStorm has good JavaScript support but if you want really good Typescript support you should probably go with Webstorm.
Alternatively, I can totally write Rust code in Webstorm through the Rust plugin but I’m better off using CLion that has better support (or now RustRover which will be where all the latest Rust support features are added, although it’s still a preview product afaik).
Also worth noting though that there are indeed some “tiers”. Like Webstorm won’t support PHP but PHPStorm will support JavaScript/Typescript (again, not fully but enough to maintain a front end operating off your PHP backend)
clion is also strictly separated.
As it should be. The needs of a systems language are very different than the needs of a virtualized or interpreted one. I honestly don’t see how people use a single IDE for every language but I respect their choice to do it.
I have a few projects where parts are Java, parts are Go and parts are C. Having that in a single workspace can be convenient.
Even those I tend to open up in their specific IDEs when the time comes. It helps me separate the language but also the workflow.
I prefer phpstorm for multi language personally.
as a python programmer…^yes
There’s a big difference between IntelliJ and PyCharm.
IntelliJ is a Java IDE written in Java by people who are used to how Java works.
PyCharm is a Python IDE written in Java by people who are used to how Java works.
One of them is good.
Could have been funny if you weren’t comparing their generic plugin based IDE with one of the pre-set, python ones. The descriptions are fine.
This also ironically highlights exactly the horrors and the business model of the intellij IDEs but that’s a rant for another day
IntelliJ IDEA isn’t really more generic than PyCharm. It’s a Java IDE built on the generic IntelliJ platform. You can load different language plugins in both.
It isn’t more generic than its the same IDE but with presets and plugins loaded already. Thats the point, sorry if that was unclear.
I mean IDEA has Java-specific stuff just like PyCharm has Python-specific stuff. As far as I understand, IDEA is just regarded as the default “catch-all” JetBrains IDE because it’s the oldest and most well-known, and probably most closely linked to the IntelliJ platform which spawned from it in the first place.
JetBrains IDE’s summarized:
Ah yes, an IDE for coding, as opposed to all those other things there are IDEs for
