Been using IntelliJ for 10 years, why even use the other tools such as Pycharm, WebStorm etc?

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edjm
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So I have been using IntelliJ for the past 10+ years. I have mainly used it for web front end and Java. Some things it does as well is support Angular development, SQL queries database diagramming, Python and more.

So why does JetBrains even have these other tools such as PyCharm and WebStorm when IntelliJ appears to just do it all?

 

I even purchased WebStorm last year when I renewed my IntelliJ license thinking I needed it to do Angular development only to discover IntelliJ did that too.

 

Just trying to understand why there are so many tools herein when IntelliJ seems to be the solution to everything for me.

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Egor Klepikov
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IntelliJ IDEA supports most of the functionality from Pycharm and WebStorm but is mainly targeted to Java developers. If you already have a subscription to Idea and use Java for development, it makes no sense to purchase other IDEs.
 
But if you don't use Java, but only Python, for example, it's better to choose PyCharm because it's lighter and contains functionality needed only for Python development.
 
One more example. Let's imagine that a company has several development departments and they use different tech stacks. In this case, depending on the tech stack, it makes sense to buy several different IDEs for each department or "All License pack" for better efficiency and convenience.
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Egor Klepikov Thank you for the input. I'm not familiar with Python but was able to help my son out with his school work dealing with Python using IntelliJ. He is using the EDU version made available to him of PyCharm. I told him to just use IntelliJ as I've never had an issue with the tool.

When it comes to Java I started out with literally Notepad then NetBeans and though it was an improvement I did not care about the tool much. Then on a project was forced into Eclipse and always ran into project corruption issues where magically my project would crash and I'd have to recreate the project in Eclipse and redo all the settings. Finally in 2009 a colleague turned me on to JetBrains IntelliJ and I have never looked back.

By far the best tool that I have been able to use to accomplish all my tasks.

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