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My editor is WebStorm

20 June 2017
Header image: WebStorm, logo

Continuing our series where we talk about our preferred code editor

A lot has been said, written, and ranted, about programming editors and IDEs over the years. Allow us to add to the noise.

This week Mark has his rant about WebStorm


Traditionally I have used the big clunky IDEs based on Eclipse such as IBM RAD and My Eclipse However on a recommendation from Ben I switched to IntelliJ IDEA for my Java and Scala work. After that it was but a short step to IntelliJ’s companion IDE, WebStorm

My main criteria in an IDE is not to cost me time or make me scream in anger: WebStorm manages beautifully here. It is light and easy-going, opening and restoring with no fuss, and whilst I’m aware that I don’t use it to its full capacity, a few of the things I love about it are:

Screenshot: Webstorm

As my work tends to involve a wide range of issues, not just code, I use a stack of “secondary” programs too:

Chrome extensions

So there you have it: more an overview of my entire toolbox than a simple IDE post!