There are hundreds of plugins providing even more IDE functionality. BUT, if you’re looking for language support in for these other languages IntelliJ will do just fine. However, keep in mind that I don’t think IntelliJ is meant to fully replace these other products – they still have a place in the sense that they have native language specific features. This alone is a fantastic thing that can almost make you want to delete all your other IDEs including Webstorm, RubyMine, CLion, and others. In fact, pretty much every other language that JetBrains has a product for can be supported in IntelliJ versus a plugin. This includes Javascript, Typescript (with Angular, React, Vue support), Ruby, Python, GoLang, and many many more languages. Many of its components are also tailored with the Java developer including Java 8 Stream Debugger, Java Specific Code Generation, intelligent code completion, and reliable refactoring functions.ĭespite being mostly meant for Java developers, IntelliJ comes equipped with plugins that allow it to be used with a diverse set of other languages. I don’t think anyone should ignore the fact that IntelliJ is built for Java developers in mind. This is just one example of some of the amazing out of the box functionality IntelliJ provides. For instance, the icon to the right of Line 29 in the screenshot above indicates this line contains a recursive call.

The editor section is center stage, with a gutter icon on the left showing context-specific icons. I use a customized color theme for syntax highlighting built ontop of the IntelliJ Light theme. The menu bar on the top is fully customizable allowing you to add, remove, or reorder widgets at will, neat-o! The Jetbrains IDE default view. The project menu is intuitively on the left hand pane giving a natural folder like structure to explore your contents. Ontop of that, you’re also able to set up language based syntax highlighting to customize your experience even further.įrom the functionality perspective, everything in this UI just ‘works’.

If you’re not satisfied with color themes, its pretty easy to build your own from scratch. Custom themes are easily downloaded via IntelliJ’s website and install in seconds. IntelliJ already looks great by default, but the wide variety of theme support helps folks find something that really works for them.

Check out my video review of Intellij on my YouTube channel! Clean and Stylish UI

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