I love and hate Eclipse/STS, but I don't think I will ever switch to IDEA, I lov...

brainburn · on Dec 3, 2013

Go right ahead https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community

octix · on Dec 3, 2013

But their community versions are not usable for web development.

heartbreak · on Dec 3, 2013

I use Visual Studio and IntelliJ IDEA for C# and Java development, respectively. I cannot fathom a scenario in which I would need an IDE for web development. Perhaps heavy PHP development would benefit from JetBrains PhpStorm IDE, a free version of which is available for open source projects.

anoncowherd · on Dec 3, 2013

The commercial JetBrain IDEs have lovely support for JavaScript, HTML, CSS, YAML, SASS, LESS, JSON, and so on. There's lots of stuff you're missing out on if you do web development with the Community Edition.

The IDEA Ultimate edition also supports lots of "enterprisey" stuff that the CE doesn't. Lots, of stuff.

alkonaut · on Dec 4, 2013

Define "web development"? Isn't web development usually done in a programming language like other development? Sure, a lot of it these days may take place in JavaScript which seems designed from the ground up to avoid being helped by IDE's.

But in general: apart from the actual whacking out of html and css, "web development" is normally just software development. There is no difference in my need of autocomplete/intellisense/code navigation etc. when I do web things than when I do mobile/desktop/library or any other kind of development.

octix · on Dec 3, 2013

I guess most used part would be an integrated tomcat server that I could start and stop within IDE, other web development features would be to work well with popular frameworks like spring...

locopati · on Dec 3, 2013

If you are a professional, why not use a professional tool?

jebblue · on Dec 3, 2013

You seem to be suggesting that professional coders don't use open source tools or that open source tools aren't professional?

octix · on Dec 3, 2013

Yeah, next thing you'll tell me that real developers use only Macbooks :)

octix · on Dec 3, 2013

Why the fck are you downvoting this? It was just a fcking opinion, if a tool makes you productive use it! A bunch of narrow minded people...

hhandoko · on Dec 4, 2013

I didn't downvote you, but your tone came across as "closed source = sucks", which (I assume) some users disagree with.

mcv · on Dec 4, 2013

It doesn't sound like "closed source = sucks" to me. It sounds like "I love open source, so I'd better support it", which is a great attitude.

I'm fairly neutral in this. I love open source, and I do believe in many cases, open source can be a lot better than closed source options (look at Apache httpd, many web frameworks, git, etc), but there may also be instances where closed source results in better software, and those developers deserve to make a living too.

I love open source, but I don't mind paying for quality when it really is better than the free version.