Here is, for instance, how diff looks like in idea Working with git in idea is such a smooth experience, it offers such an intuitive diff viewer (compared to vscode one, which I find confusing), merge conflict resolution window, that helps you easily spot and fix any conflicts. Workspace ergonomics allowed me to completely ditch my mouse, I was able to use solely keyboard in my day to day development.Ĭode hints are so numerous, and if you pay attention to them, you can interactively learn many things that you didn't even know are considered bad practice, are deprecated, etc. Idea is just super-smart.Ībility to reliably refactor code (not only in static languages world!), workspace ergonomics, code hints, amazing version control diff, merge and conflict resolution and database clients and so on are the things that are hard to find elsewhere.
All those tools share the common codebase, which means that if you have some feature in idea, most likely you may also find it in other tools as well. JetBrains is a company that offers lots of IDEs for different programming languages, one of which is idea. Having tried out lots of tools before it, I can only say that this is a very well designed and carefully thought software product (read in more detail in my previous blog post). Feature-rich ideaįor more than five years I’m using the idea. I’ve spent more than 5 years using idea (Before that, I was using NetBeans IDE and Apache Eclipse) and also more than two years of using vscode, so let’s break down my findings.
If I decided to compare vscode to the idea community edition, I’d only prefer to use the idea for kotlin and android development, vscode in all the other cases.ĭetailed idea Ultimate vs Community edition comparison matrix you can find on the official website. In addition, this trial version is available for 30 days, whereupon you need to obtain and register for a commercial license.Lately, I was tempted to try out Visual Studio Code (vscode) editor, after years of using IntelliJ IDEA (idea) IDE.Ī very important thing to note here is that I’m comparing vscode to a commercial product which at the time costing 149 € which you can renew yearly so that you get the updates, or you can perpetually stay with your purchased version for 12 months.
In conclusion, to get acquainted with IntelliJ IDEA, you can download and install the trial version for free. In the main menu: Tools | Create Desktop Entry. On the Welcome screen: Configure | Create Desktop Entry.
In the Customize IntelliJ IDEA wizard – when you run IntelliJ IDEA for the first time. To create a desktop shortcut for IntelliJ IDEA, use the Create Desktop Entry command. When you start IntelliJ IDEA for the first time, the Complete Installation dialog opens, and you have the option of importing IntelliJ IDEA usage preferences and license information from a previous version. Importing IntelliJ IDEA usage preferences from a previous version C:Program Files (x86)JetBrainsIntelliJ IDEA 2016.3bin) and run idea.exe. If during the installation you selected to create a shortcut on your desktop, double-click that shortcut.
exe file and follow the instructions of IntelliJ IDEA Setup wizard as shown.