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Discussion on: Why Are Some Developers so Allergic to IDEs?

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Erika • Edited

I used to use VSCode for Node.js projects but when I came to use WebStorm, it improved my work productivity so much. I can customize my coding style (with a preview on the side) which helps me refactor and tidy up my code in one keyboard shortcut or when I go out of focus. Code sniffing is also much better because Jetbrains indexes the whole codebase. Yes, it takes up more memory but when its time to refactor a single component that is being used in gazillions of places. Without IDE, it could take an hour, but with Jetbrains, only seconds.

For big Python projects, Jetbrains is hands down the best in business.
Although, VSCode has better Jupyter notebook feature.