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minus-squaredinckel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoI used to like purpose-made IDEs when i was just starting out with Java years ago, but these days, these are a hard sell for me. A lot of Jetbrains plugins are incredibly opinionated, and you either have to use it their way, or gut the IDE, where half of its purpose loses value. DIY editors like VSCode aren’t perfect but they’ve opened up a whole new market for things
I used to like purpose-made IDEs when i was just starting out with Java years ago, but these days, these are a hard sell for me.
A lot of Jetbrains plugins are incredibly opinionated, and you either have to use it their way, or gut the IDE, where half of its purpose loses value.
DIY editors like VSCode aren’t perfect but they’ve opened up a whole new market for things