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I am in the market for a new IDE but am confused about the overlap between some of Jetbrains' offerings. It looks like IntelliJ IDEA has plugins that allow you to do Node.js and php development.
Can IntelliJ IDEA do everything that WebStorm and PHPStorm do through plugins or do they have special features not available in IDEA? I am hoping to have a single polyglot IDE for all development.
All of the functionality of our lightweight IDEs can be found within IntelliJ IDEA (you need to install the corresponding plug-ins from the repository).
It includes support for all technologies developed for our more specific products such as Web/PhpStorm, RubyMine and PyCharm.
The specific feature missing from IntelliJ IDEA is simplified project creation ("Open Directory") used in lighter products as it is not applicable to the IDE that support such a wide range of languages and technologies. It also means that you can't create projects directly from the remote hosts in IDEA.
If you are missing any other feature that is available in lighter products, but is not available in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, you are welcome to report it and we'll consider adding it.
While PHP, Python and Ruby IDEA plug-ins are built from the same source code as used in PhpStorm, PyCharm and RubyMine, product release cycles are not synchronized. It means that some features may be already available in the lighter products, but not available in IDEA plug-ins at certain periods, they are added with the plug-in and IDEA updates later.
But here's the rub, sometimes you can't or don't want to wait. For example I want to use the new support for RubyMotion which includes RubyMotion project structure support, setup of rake files, setup of configurations that are hooked to iOS Simulator etc.
RubyMine has all of these now, IDEA does not. So I would have to generate a RubyMotion project outside of IDEA, then setup an IDEA project and hook up to that source folder etc and God knows what else.
What JetBrains should do is have a licensing model that would allow me, with the purchase of IDEA to use any of other IDEs, as opposed to just relying on IDEAs plugins.
I would be willing to pay more for that i.e. say 50 bucks more for said flexibility.
The funny thing is, I was originally a RubyMine customer that upgraded to IDEA, because I did want that polyglot setup. Now I'm contemplating paying for the upgrade of RubyMine, just because I need to do RubyMotion now. Also there are other potential areas where this out of sync issue might bite me again . For example torque box workflow / deployment support.
JetBrains has good IDEs but I guess I'm a bit annoyed.
I regularly use IntelliJ, PHPStorm and WebStorm. Would love to only use IntelliJ. As pointed out by the vendor the "Open Directory" functionality not being in IntelliJ is painful.
Now for the rub part; I have tried using IntelliJ as my single IDE and have found performance to be terrible compared to the lighter weight versions. Intellisense is almost useless in IntelliJ compared to WebStorm.
IntelliJ IDEA vs WebStorm features
IntelliJ IDEA remains JetBrains' flagship product and IntelliJ IDEA provides full JavaScript support along with all other features of WebStorm via bundled or downloadable plugins. The only thing missing is the simplified project setup.
Taken from : https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/WI/WebStorm+FAQ#WebStormFAQ-IntelliJIDEAvsWebStormfeatures
Definitely a great question.
I've noted this also as a sub question of the choice for versions within IDEa
that this link may help to address...
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/editions_comparison_matrix.html
it as well potentially possesses a ground work for looking at your other IDE choices and the options they provide.
I'm thinking WebStorm is best for JavaScript and Git repo management, meaning the HTML5 CSS Cordova kinds of stacks, which is really where (I believe along with others) the future lies and energies should be focused now... but ya it depends on your needs, etc.
Anyway this tells that story too...
http://www.jetbrains.com/products.html
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In IntelliJ, I have to manually import Flutter packages at the top of the file in order for auto-complete to work elsewhere in the file.
I was rather hoping I could start typing something (in a method) and IntelliJ would search my pubspec.yaml and locally within my project and suggest classes I might want. If I selected something that wasn't already imported, it should import it for me.
This basic functionality is available in many other languages and IDEs, so I'm wondering if I've got something misconfigured. I'm using IntelliJ 2018.2 with the latest Flutter and Dart plugins installed.
This is a known issue.
For performance reasons the DartAnalyzer was built to only load libraries that were imported anywhere in the projects code already.
The overall performance of DartAnalyzer was improved a lot since then and it would now allow to provide better suggestions, but it seems there weren't enough resources available yet to get it implemented.
Upvote and follow https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/25820
I've used DCEVM hotswap technology in eclipse and IntelliJ IDE which was pretty cool feature. By using DCEVM in IDE what I can do is, I can change into the source code i.e add/remove/edit method, classes, properties at the runtime without doing restart the program.
Now my question is:
I want to apply the same features in my running application which is run without using any IDE. To be more specific the running applications source code(compiled code) can change on the fly. And for that bytecode how to deploy on DCEVM for runtime hotswapping?
What I've found is:
We can do hotSwapping without using IDE for that we can write own JNI code to directly hook into JVMTI and trigger a hotswap.
any idea/help would be much helpfull. thanks
Fortunately I found the solution.We can use the HotSwapper plugin to solve this kind of problem. The same question is asked in dcevm discussion forume:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/hotswapagent/Uk3cUdkHNYQ
Although the information from this link https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3198497 is very helpfull but it was asked four years ago, so that I was stuck in.
Now the DCEVM is being more smart It can support various plugin such as Hotswapper, AnonymousClassPatch, WatchResources, Hibernate, Spring, Jersey2, Jetty, Tomcat, ZK, Logback, JSF, Seam, ELResolver, OsgiEquinox and even we can write own plugin too which is more easy to develope.
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A co-worker has been going on about how cool Mylyn is for Eclipse. I want to give a task management tool a try but I use Netbeans. Is there a Mylyn like plugin for Netbeans? Preferable with integration to Redmine or Trac?
I switched over from Eclipse to Netbeans a year ago and during that time I have not found a good alternative to Mylyn. Even the latest dev builds of Cubeon do not come close. Despite Netbeans being a very good IDE, having Mylyn context management is essential to me. I have just posted a topic on the Netbeans forum discussing this issue and attempting to illustrate the importance of a Mylyn alternative. If this is important to anybody reading this then I suggest you leave a post in this thread:
http://forums.netbeans.org/viewtopic.php?t=27871
I think discussing this in the Forum is the best option at this time. Until the Netbeans community is convinced of the importance of Mylyn, any official feature request is doomed to fail.
Edit: There is now a feature request for this. If you would like to see this implemented then please vote here: http://code.google.com/p/cubeon/issues/detail?id=135
Have a look at Cube'n, which is a Trac plugin for Netbeans. I haven't used it (yet), but it has offline support, and some drag/drop integration with the task view, and support for custom trac workflows.
(Disclosure: I am the creator of NBTaskFocus)
Now there is a plugin for Task-focused development (like Mylyn in Eclipse) in NetBeans IDE. Visit the NBTaskFocus project at NBTaskFocus project page on Java.net
This project currently provides local task repository only, but with automatic task context maintenance using the open editor windows and also a Project Context panel to see the files in focused context.
I've used cubeon for couple of hours. The current latest version 1.2.01. is works fine on Netbeans 7.2. It can connect Trac servcer without any obstacle.
The UI of cubeon is little bit difficult to use. Main reason is that you should link a query to a folder with Synchronize Function to categories tasks. Also the filtering options hide under a drop down menu. It needs more mouse click than MyLyn in Eclipse. Any you can manage issues on Trac with this tool.
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I've been on a frustrating quest to find an IDE which provides reasonable support for Grails 1.1 development. My minimum requirements are:
Supports running tests within the IDE
Supports debugging within the IDE while running either the tests or the app itself
Provides code-completion, including dynamic finders added to domain classes
Here's a rundown of my experience so far
Eclipse 3.4.2 (Ganymede)
Using the latest plugins available from the update site, Eclipse's support for Groovy/Grails is truly pathetic. It provides little more than code completion and spurious errors
NetBeans 6.7 Beta
As soon as I imported the project, NetBeans began scanning it. The Navigator view was waiting for the scanning to finish before showing it's contents. About 20 minutes later, both the Navigator view and I were still waiting. Also, support for code completion on dynamic finders is poor, and for some reason it copied all the plugins into $PROJECT_ROOT/web-app/plugins.
IntelliJ 8.1.2
Although the general consensus is that IntelliJ is the best IDE for Groovy/Grails, it does not work well with Grails 1.1.X. The root cause of the problem appears to be the change in the location of the plugins folder. IntelliJ is unable to build the app because it can't find classes I'm importing from plugins, even though those plugins are listed in application.properties
So my question (finally) is whether anyone has found an IDE (not TextMate or Vim) that works with Grails 1.1.X when the plugin folder is in it's default location, i.e. under $HOME/.grails/1.1.X/plugins?
If so, I'd be really grateful for information about:
Which IDE to use (including version number)
Which plugins (if any) need to be installed
How to import an existing project into the IDE
How to run the app, the tests, and debug from within the IDE (if it's not obvious)
Thanks,
Don
NetBeans 6.7 now with Grail 1.1 support
I'm unclear on which version of IntelliJ IDEA the author of that blog post tested, tha didn't work with Grails 1.1.1.
Idea 8.1.2 works very well for me on OSX with Grails 1.1 and 1.1.1. Grails is installed under /Developer/grails-1.1.1 (with a symlink at /Developer/grails ), and the plugins are in the ~/.grails/1.1.1/plugins directory.
I didn't have to install any extra Idea plugins. What I did have to do was tell it where the plugins were, and install the missing ones once I had upgraded to 1.1.1. IDEA's grails integration can even recognize the plugins from the Grails repository and install them from the IDE.
NetBeans 6.7 RC3 works much better with Grails 1.1.1 than the versions before. Debugging only works in attached mode, i.e. you start your application from the command line (grails-debug run-app) and then attach the Netbeans Debugger (port 5005). My experience is that the watches do not show the correct values of the running process. Automatic code formatting is horrible.
IntelliJ 8.1.3 worked good for me with Grails 1.1. Debugging was working correctly (most of the time, from time to time, the status of the debugger does not match the actual process' status) and code formatting is quite good. After I switched to Grails 1.1.1 IntelliJ refuses to start my app ("error running MyApp: Grails are not configured") although grails is installed and GRAILS_HOME is set correctly. The trick is to change the facet in the module settings of your project. There you have to configure the location of your grails 1.1.1 installation. Then IntelliJ crashed while starting your app and you have to do the configuration again . With a little bit of luck it works then and everything is fine.
I've spend a lot of time with these issues in the last days and I am quite angry about that. Therefore I'd like to recommend to go away from grails and to use ruby on rails with NetBeans 6.7 instead. Then you can start to focus on your business, not on configuration and installation issues. If you really need to stick with grails, use IntelliJ and pay for it. It's worth it. Do not even think about using Eclipse, if you do not want to go crazy.
I've been playing around with the version 9 milestone 1 release of IntelliJ and so far have not had any problems working with grails apps.
One thing i did notice was that the project explorer doesn't always refresh properly when files are added via an automated process. sometimes i have to close and re-open the project to see the new files, but that could just be a beta issue in general and not related to the grails support.
They've added a lot of Groovy and Grails support to the latest version of the Spring Source Tool Suite. It doesn't ship with these plugins by default, but there are options to install them as extensions from the dashboard page.
Some of the nice features include the ability to run grails commands in the IDE and support for editing GSPs. The Groovy language support has gotten much better too with the latest release of the plugin. You can read more about that here.
The Spring Tools Suite is also an excellent choice for grails/groovy development. I use it and do not have any cause for regret.
I've been using Netbeans 6.7 for some time and it's very slow, the code completion rarely works. Basically I'm using it as an editor and to format my code.
I used the EAP version of IDEA 8.1 and it was really nice - very easy to setup and develop in compared to the other IDEs. Sorry I don't remember exactly how to import an existing project but it was fairly straight forward.
If cost is not an issue, then IDEA would probably be the best choice.
I use STS (SpringSource Toolkit), I like it better than Intellij or Netbeans. I am using 2.3.3.M2
I know RIM has their own IDE (BlackBerry JDE) for building BlackBerry apps, but does anyone know how to configure IntelliJ IDEA to build/debug BlackBerry apps?
RE: Chris' question about what is different... Blackberry applications can be standard MIDP apps or CLDC apps that make use of the Blackberry specific APIs. Most developers tend to take the latter approach, and then using Blackberry's tools is required - especially if you are using some of their secured APIs and have to sign your deployment files for them to run on the devices.
A potential answer to the original question would be to use the Blackberry ANT tools to create an ANT script for building the application and reference that from IntelliJ IDEA. Of course, that's only half the battle and to run/debug the application you'll need to connect the debugger to IDEA as noted by Alexander above. Alternatively, you could code in IDEA and run/debug in the JDE, but that seems less than ideal, to say the least.
I use Eclipse with the Blackberry plugin. Also not ideal, since you are forced to use an old (and buggy) version of Eclipse, but at least I'm in one IDE and can step through code running in a simulator.
Blackberry JDE integration would be a great IntelliJ plugin project.
RIM's compiler (the one that builds the COD files) can be easily run from the command line. All you need to do is create a corresponding build step in IDEA.
Also, to make your life easier when editing the code, you may want to add the net_rim_api.jar (the one that comes with RIM JDE) to the JAR files used by your IDEA project.
As for the debugger, RIM's debugger was supposed to support the standard Java debugger interface. I don't remember what the minimum version of JDE is required for that.
Not really an answer, but more asking for clarification what is different for Blackberry dev versus other J2ME devices...
I see its a MIDP J2ME device, and so the standard Intellij J2ME support would seem to give most of what is needed.
I guess the emulator side of things might be different... but maybe you can call the jde emulator from IDEA...
Regards,
Chris
I've been using IntelliJ to develop Blackberry apps...sort of. IntelliJ is really good at indexing code, you just need to point it in the right direction. It's editing abilities are way beyond the JDE and in my opinion it is much more flexible and user friendly than Eclipse (even though RIM has an Eclipse plug-in).
I say sort of though as I just code in IntelliJ and currently still compile and debug through the JDE. Hoping for better integration on that front with IntelliJ down the line, but it is an acceptable working environment for now.
Not sure if this will help but here are instructions for setting up Eclipse for blackberry development.
Maybe you can use that information to figure out what changes to need to make in IDEA.
Its very easy to integrate IntelliJ with Blackberry development given the above suggestion (using the bb ant tasks), but I've yet to successfully debug the simulator through IntelliJ. It should work, but it doesn't.
Thus, the 'integration' is incomplete.