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8 Plugins You Should Add To Your IDE And Why

Manon on February 16, 2024

First and foremost, I am using WebStorm. I know. I am paying for my licence. Why? Because I find it extremely powerful in terms of performance, typ...
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aaronblondeau

Thanks for this! I'm most curious about your choice of WebStorm and would love to hear more about why you use it over VSCode. Is WebStorm worth the yearly subscription costs? Is it difficult to collaborate on projects with people who are using VSCode or is it better if everyone uses WebStorm?

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Manon

Hi @aaronblondeau, thanks! I mainly use webstorm because I find it more powerful, faster and more reliable than VSCode. For instance, refactoring with Webstorm is very fast as it finds quickly all code usages. I am also used to all the shortcuts and dev tools webstorm provides, which makes me very efficient in the IDE. The autocomplete capabilities are also absolutely great and impressive, and go beyond what you would normally have on a type. Overall I think VSCode can work well, but Webstorm, as part of jetbrains, is more advanced and robust. It s a tool I completely trust whereas when I tried VSCode I had several issues where I had to restart the IDE often, I had typing issues, and refactoring was more tedious.