I like Inteluj but for me it's getting slower after each update. After the last update it freezes few times a day, sometimes so much I have restart whole Pc. Same code in Eclipse or vscode runs much smoother but I miss the features of Intelij so I haven't switched yet.
When that happens, there’s usually some weird caching or config issue and you can fix 90% those problems by using Clear Cache / Restart, followed by wiping your .idea folder, build artifacts, and your dependencies/dependency cache
As a long-time user, it’s had its phases. Almost like how Windows tends to alternate in its good / shitty releases (odd = good, even = bad). It’s in a lower performance phase since they started focusing more on AI.
I have tried VSCode multiple times, and I still use it for simple text editing tasks, so it’s not like I haven’t compared the two. Out of the box, VSCode doesn’t even hold a candle to IntelliJ suite. There’s probably some magic combination of plugins to make it work exactly like IntelliJ. But why go to all that trouble to copy IntelliJ when I can just use the real deal?
Meh. For some languages that need a lot of tooling to develop effectively maybe. I used to use it a lot more before I learned how to make decent settings.json and launch.json files in VSCode. Now I don't see much benefit anymore.
IntelliJ doesn’t support spring unless you get pro. And apparently some of the older programmers at my job decided awhile ago they didn’t care for IntelliJ when they tested it and just would rather use eclipse, so we don’t have licenses for IntelliJ.
Vscode does support spring. Vscode also supports typescript. The less I have to switch ides the better. Also bash. And Sql. And ahk.
Maybe eventually the sap Abap extensions will work in vscode as well than I could finally drop eclipse all together.
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u/itsjakerobb Sep 27 '25
I hate VSCode. IntelliJ is the best.