Yep it's one of those posts where I talk about how big my hammer is 🔨 and how much it wieghs and how many nails it can hit per hour... Oh right, nobody else really talks about tools like we do in this industry.

I personally don't get attached to editors and IDEs anymore, but I can say this, vscode is astonishingly good and I have used it since beta. It has come a long way.

So you might be thinking, vscode fanboy why are you switching?

There is nothing wrong with my #vscodesetup
But I now work with 99% java developers, and most of them are comfortable with jetbrains.

I decided to make a noble sacrifice for team productivity by getting hold of Webstorm. And it's quite a lot like my vscode setup, just out of the box. Sure it's missing some of my favourite features like ... Nothing, and it's not as pretty ... without a material skin, then it is pretty. Okay so it's about the same once customized, I recommend a vscode keymap and that's it really, it's fine.

What I gain is helpability, make it easier to be helped, that's how you should consider your editor.

At home, I may still use vscode, or just go all in.

Have you ever made such choices, do you enjoy Webstorm or vscode? Maybe you think I'm an idiot, let me know in the comments 😅