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IntelliJ IDEA

4.7 (1260)

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Last updated August 26th, 2026

# Reviews of IntelliJ IDEA

Ease of use

4.5

Customer Service

4.3

## Pros and Cons in Reviews

AS

Adinath S

Software EngineerInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“It offers strong code analysis, excellent support for Java and Spring Boot development, reliable debugging tools, and efficient project navigation.“

June 8, 2026

Alexandre B

StudentHigher Education, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“The IDE can be quite resource intensive, consuming a large amount of RAM. When multiple projects are open, or if you’re using a mid-range laptop, you may notice some lag or slower startup times.“

January 23, 2026

AS

Adinath S

Software EngineerInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Customer support and documentation are helpful, and regular updates continuously improve stability and security. While occasional performance issues may occur with large projects, the overall value and productivity gains make it one of the best development environments available.“

June 8, 2026

Keshav C

StudentE-Learning, Self-employedUsed the software for: I used a free trial.

“Initial indexing can be slow“

March 23, 2026

Alexandre B

StudentHigher Education, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Its powerful indexing and deep code analysis predict what I need to write and also , it catches potential errors even before compilation, which is especially helpful for my Java projects at university as a CS student .“

January 23, 2026

Shad M

PrivateOnline Media, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Imagine life in corporate then you trip on a stone and die, was life worth it using this product for that many years at that rate?“

October 8, 2025

Abdelrahman A

Associate software developerFinancial Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“It also has seamless Docker integration, which streamlines my daily backend tasks and deployment preparations, the best plugin market and the compatibility with many services .“

March 2, 2026

VK

Vasileios K

Web DeveloperComputer Software, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years.

“Sometimes it feels a little bit heavy and slow, especially during file indexing operation.“

December 25, 2025

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Anish C.  
Software engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Powerful IDE for Professional Development"

September 2, 2026

5.0

Overall, my experience with IntelliJ IDEA has been very positive. It provides a comprehensive development environment that makes coding, debugging, testing, and managing large projects much easier. Once configured to your workflow, it can significantly improve productivity.

Pros

IntelliJ IDEA is a powerful and reliable IDE with excellent code completion, debugging, refactoring, and project navigation features. I especially like how well it understands the codebase and helps identify issues while developing. The plugin ecosystem and Git integration are also very useful.

Cons

It can be resource-intensive, especially when working with large projects. The number of features and settings can also feel overwhelming for new users, and some advanced functionality takes time to learn.

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Abdelrahman A.  
Associate software developer  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The Ultimate IDE for Java & Spring Boot Backend Development"

March 2, 2026

4.0

Transitioning into a professional company environment over the past few months, IntelliJ IDEA has been my primary and most reliable tool. It significantly boosted my productivity in writing clean Java code and managing complex backend architectures. The out-of-the-box features save me hours of configuration time every week.

Pros

The intelligent code completion and refactoring tools are lifesavers, especially when ensuring the code adheres to OOP and SOLID principles. The built-in integration for Spring Boot makes running, testing, and debugging REST APIs incredibly smooth. It also has seamless Docker integration, which streamlines my daily backend tasks and deployment preparations, the best plugin market and the compatibility with many services .

Cons

It is quite resource-heavy. Indexing large projects upon startup can take some time, and it consumes a significant amount of RAM so my device cry. You definitely need a machine with strong specifications (at least 16GB RAM) to run it smoothly alongside other tools without experiencing any lag, sometimes i should restart my device when i run many plugins to make it build the maven project smother

Switched from

[Apache NetBeans](https://www.capterra.com/p/178681/Apache-NetBeans/)

While Apache NetBeans was a great learning tool during my university studies, I needed a more robust, industry-standard IDE for my professional backend work. IntelliJ IDEA offers far superior performance, advanced refactoring tools, and seamless, out-of-the-box support for enterprise frameworks and modern containerization tools, which are essential for handling complex logic in a company environment.

Review Source

Shad M.  
Private  
Online Media  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Explicitly dissatisfied with the product and dev-maintained approaches-"

October 8, 2025

1.0

Lack of control for a developer from my personal take, every script automated, the 'dev-support-team' finds a way to mitigate your ability to use it- Prefer a more ethical-value practise approach- Imagine life in corporate then you trip on a stone and die, was life worth it using this product for that many years at that rate? Just a personal consideration - don't take it personally or do-

Pros

step into step out: cmd+\[ && cmd+\] Great intro to programming until you hit a bottleneck then its also your day job life thereafter.

Cons

hand-chain-like approach to UI programming and integration - at least from my experience with it. Continuous hastle, not even client urgencies give me this much grief.

Alternatives considered

[Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/)

Reason for choosing IntelliJ IDEA

Because of the hand-chain value approach till regret factor realised? Though if it was a decent product I may have still used it going forward.

Review Source

AS

Adinath S.  
Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent IDE for Java Development and Enterprise Projects"

June 8, 2026

5.0

My overall experience with IntelliJ IDEA has been very positive. It offers strong code analysis, excellent support for Java and Spring Boot development, reliable debugging tools, and efficient project navigation. The IDE helps reduce coding errors, speeds up development, and integrates well with version control systems. Customer support and documentation are helpful, and regular updates continuously improve stability and security. While occasional performance issues may occur with large projects, the overall value and productivity gains make it one of the best development environments available.

Pros

IntelliJ IDEA significantly improves productivity with its intelligent code completion, powerful refactoring tools, excellent debugging capabilities, and seamless integration with build tools like Maven and Gradle. It provides a smooth development experience for Java and Spring Boot applications.

Cons

The IDE can be resource-intensive, especially on systems with limited RAM. Some advanced features are available only in the Ultimate edition, which may be costly for individual developers.

Switched from

[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/)

I switched from VS Code to IntelliJ IDEA because I needed a more powerful and integrated development environment for Java and Spring Boot projects. IntelliJ IDEA offers better code intelligence, advanced refactoring tools, stronger debugging capabilities, and seamless support for Maven and Gradle. These features helped me improve productivity, reduce development time, and manage large enterprise applications more efficiently. While VS Code is lightweight and flexible, IntelliJ IDEA provides a more complete experience for professional Java development.

Review Source

Keshav C.  
Student  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Great IDE for Java, but a bit heavy on resources"

March 23, 2026

5.0

I've been using IntelliJ IDEA mainly for Java development during my coursework and small projects. The biggest advantage is how smart the IDE is ,code completion, debugging tools, and refactoring features save a lot of time compared to basic editors. It also integrates really well with tools like Maven and Git, which makes project management easier.

Pros

Very smart code completion and suggestions Excellent debugging and refactoring tools Great integration with Maven, Gradle, and Git Clean and organized interface Lots of built-in development tools

Cons

Uses a lot of RAM and CPU sometimes Initial indexing can be slow Too many features can feel overwhelming for beginners

Switched from

[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/)

I initially used Visual Studio Code for Java, but managing larger Java projects started getting a bit messy with extensions. I switched to IntelliJ IDEA because it has better built-in support for Java development. Features like smarter code suggestions, easier debugging, and built-in tools for Maven and Gradle made development smoother without needing too many plugins.

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Ozzie B.  
Senior Systems Administrator  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "The Rolls-Royce of IDE's"

December 11, 2025

5.0

My experience is much like others have said, JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA is the best IDE period. JetBrains knows their customer base and their suite of IDE's and developer tools proves this.

Pros

The versatility and speed are my favorite features of IDEA. Hands down one of the best, most feature rich IDE's I have ever had the pleasure of using. JetBrains really knows their customer and it shows.

Cons

There's no complaints other than I wish it were free, but if it were I doubt the product would be the same.

Switched from

[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/)

IntelliJ is a more feature rich IDE without having to use 3rd party plugins. Their ecosystem is also vast and offers utility to every development team at my company.

Review Source

JB

Jeremy B.  
Offensive Security Consultant  
Computer & Network Security  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "IDE is almost perfect"

May 8, 2025

5.0

This IDE is pretty amazing, especially for web development where you may have HTML and CSS and PHP or JSP etc in a single file, integrated web server that can leverage php and tomcat binaries is really slick

Pros

Multi language support within a single product, project, even a single file

Cons

Setting up and managing projects can be a real pain, not very intuitive. the AI assistant is nice when it works, but it often doesnt, and your code snippets/project files are aggressively truncated behind the scenes making the tool much less useful for anything other than very narrow prompts lacking context

Switched from

[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/)

plugin management, single-vendor authorship, UI, etc

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Research Associate  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My Java IDE of choice for many years"

January 22, 2025

5.0

Easy to use and powerful IDE. Has everything needed for Java programming and beyond.

Pros

\- Powerful code completion. Ultimate even offers full line completion, which is a real game changer when writing standard stuff. - Everywhere search lets you search everything from everywhere. - Code analysis has become extremely good. - Free plan for universities and students, which lets me introduce ItelliJ IDEA in my classes

Cons

I am really happy with ItelliJ IDEA, thus I have no real cons to mention.

Alternatives considered

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

Reason for choosing IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ Idea was a modern and streamlined approach back then which offered a lot more features than Eclipse IDE did.

Switched from

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

IntelliJ Idea was a modern and streamlined approach back then which offered a lot more features than Eclipse IDE did.

Review Source

Enguerran M.  
Fullstack Web Developer  
Sporting Goods  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The ultimate IDE for professional software development"

May 13, 2026

5.0

My main integrated development environment for professional work is IntelliJ IDEA. The software helps me work more efficiently through its various keyboard shortcuts and extensive built-in functionality. The software provides high-quality value because its features become essential after users learn them.

Pros

The smart code completion and refactoring tools are light years ahead of the competition. The system explains everything according to my project needs because it performs complete project understanding. The system includes both integrated debugger tools and Git handling capabilities which function at a high level of excellence.

Cons

The process demands significant resources with particular focus on consuming RAM. The system experiences performance issues during handling of extremely large microservices architectures. The initial indexing process needs time to complete during the first time application launch.

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Alexandre B.  
Student  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "CS students INTELLIJ IDEA"

January 23, 2026

5.0

As a Computer Science student, IntelliJ IDEA is my go-to IDE. It significantly boosts my productivity. While it demands a lot of system resources, the sheer power and smart features it offers make it worth the trade-off

Pros

The code completion feature with AI is a real life-saver. Its powerful indexing and deep code analysis predict what I need to write and also , it catches potential errors even before compilation, which is especially helpful for my Java projects at university as a CS student . The debugger is also very good, its interface tools make it easy to track variables and analyze stack traces, helping a lot in more complex projects . I also appreciate the wide range of plug ins and integrated tools.

Cons

The IDE can be quite resource intensive, consuming a large amount of RAM. When multiple projects are open, or if you’re using a mid-range laptop, you may notice some lag or slower startup times. It also has a steep learning curve the abundance of features and shortcuts can feel overwhelming for beginners at first, but the effort to master them definitely pays off in the long run.

Review Source

JA

Jeffrey A.  
Software Developer Senior  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great for teaching!"

March 10, 2025

4.0

I use this with my students and for my own purposes when writing cross-platform applications. It's a great teaching tool.

Pros

Cross-platform. Written in Java for Java.

Cons

IntelliJ Idea can be a bit slow sometimes, but it's manageable.

Switched from

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

More professional features that my students would be using in the workforce.

Review Source

AU

Ali U.  
Technical Executive  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Stability and usability all in one!"

December 3, 2024

4.0

I develop Spring Boot powered Java backend Services and use the IDE to debug and develop the new services and methods, the inbuilt decompiler is also very useful in the case documentation is not available for an obsecure dependency

Pros

Autofill and code Recommendations as well as the stable enviroment

Cons

Too many services are paid, Maybe provide the AI code completion on a trial without adding in card details

Switched from

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

I switched from Eclipse IDE to IntelliJ IDEA because of its superior performance, more intuitive user interface, and advanced features like intelligent code completion, seamless integration with build tools, and better support for modern frameworks and technologies. The enhanced debugging tools and robust version control capabilities in IntelliJ IDEA also provide a smoother development experience compared to Eclipse.

Review Source

VK

Vasileios K.  
Web Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The most powerful and mature IDE in the market"

December 25, 2025

5.0

My overall experience with IntelliJ is wonderful. I've been using it for more than 9 years and have never changed it because it's by far the most robust and developer friendly IDE.

Pros

It's one of the most robust and powerful IDEs in the market. It has a huge number of advanced features, a marketplace with thousands of plugins, and convenient user interface. Overall, it offers a great developer experience.

Cons

Unfortunately, sometimes, it can be quite heavy and even if you have a powerful machine, you may notice some lagging. Especially, during the code indexing process.

Switched from

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

More features, better plugin support, better user interface and overall a better software.

Review Source

NP

Nuno P.  
Principal Developer  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The IDE for any level of developers"

April 24, 2026

5.0

IntelliJ is my daily IDE, be it for professional or personal projects, and sometimes even for small things like reading a simple text file. All due to its complete ease of use and integrations.

Pros

It is a flexible IDE, I can write code for any language and IntelliJ IDEA is able to support it. It's plugin marketplace is huge, with plugins to connect to Docker images, AWS environment, database, and even several AI assistants that can help out with your code.

Cons

Being such a complete IDE, IntelliJ IDEA can sometimes be a burden on the machine's resources. Although nothing that a quick restart does not fix.

Switched from

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

Initially it was due to company policy, but after a few days of usage, it also became the IDE used for my personal projects.

Review Source

NM

NOMPILO M.  
Software Developer Intern  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### " Comprehensive Review of IntelliJ IDEA"

November 17, 2023

5.0

I love IntelliJ IDEA its amazing. I enjoy using.

Pros

The IDE offers advanced code completion, smart suggestions, and context-aware coding assistance, significantly speeding up coding and reducing errors. IntelliJ IDEA provides powerful and safe refactoring tools, allowing for easy code restructuring, renaming, and other optimizations without compromising code integrity. The IDE seamlessly integrates with version control systems like Git. I appreciate the ability to customize the IDE's layout. User friendly interface.

Cons

New users, especially those transitioning from simpler IDEs, might find IntelliJ IDEA's extensive features and settings overwhelming initially, requiring time to learn and adapt.

Switched from

[Visual Studio Code](https://www.capterra.com/p/186634/Visual-Studio-Code/)

I started working with java and I found intelliJ IDEA more accommodating and easy to use , I could incorporate OOP easily because I could create and easily manage all my classes and just the overall structure of my code.

Review Source

KN

Kiril N.  
Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great IDE for your coding experience"

February 9, 2025

5.0

JetBrains IDEs are feature-rich, smart, and efficient but can be resource-heavy and expensive.

Pros

Powerful IDEs – Feature-rich for various languages.

Cons

Expensive pricing – Costly for individuals and teams.

Review Source

KG

Khaled G.  
Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "One of the first coding tool that helped me enriched my coding power."

January 13, 2025

5.0

I would suggest they make full use of the extensive documentation and tutorials available online. The learning curve can be steep, but the investment is worth it.

Pros

My favorite feature in it is that it does intelligent code completion. It suggests relevant code with anticipation, hence saving lots of time and effort.

Cons

What it does is that IntelliJ IDEA really smooths my workflow because of the comprehensive environment it has prepared; within it, one can find everything imaginable-even an integrated debugger and a version control system.

Review Source

KJ

Kyle J.  
Software Engineer  
Aviation & Aerospace  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great IDE that simplifies set-up and lets you focus on development"

September 25, 2024

5.0

My experience with IntelliJ started in college, working on mainly java applications so I became rather familiar and comfortable with it over time. I chose to continue using it in my career because it makes sometimes tedious tasks rather simple and saves me a ton of time when building/mending dev environments.

Pros

I use this IDE for a variety of java programs that I have developed and continue to support. I love how easy it is to import different plugins and packages using the built-in features.

Cons

I don't believe I personally have anything to complain about. It is a solid IDE for many different development environments.

Review Source

CBK

Charles Boampong K.  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Smart Intelligent Development Environment"

November 23, 2023

5.0

The IDE seamlessly integrates with popular version control systems like Git, SVN, and Mercurial, making developers to perform version control operations directly within the IDE.

Pros

The IDE includes numerous productivity features such as live templates, code snippets and quick fixes, which help developers write code faster and with fewer errors.

Cons

IntelliJ IDEA can be resource-intensive, especially for large projects.

Review Source

DE

Diego E.  
Freelancer  
Information Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Full-featured and indeed smart IDE. It just works and thus makes my programming easier."

September 15, 2017

5.0

It simply made my work easier. From small details like 'smartly' renaming files, to multi-line text selection all the way to performance, advanced settings and support for all kinds of features and plug-ins.

Pros

\- What I like most are the shortcuts. Every other IDE also has shortcuts but IntelliJ (and Jetbrains generally) has done a great job with theirs. At least for men, they seem intuitive. - Offers many, many features but still manages to have a great performance. - Sounds trivial, but the settings are well structured and searchable! Almost everything is customizable and if not there is probably a plugin for want you want it to do. - I do a lot of web-programming so I appreciate small little features like native less, sass support, live reloading or even showing the color next to a color code in CSS stylesheets. Even though Intellij should be Java focused, this also applies for Javascript and its complex ecosystem (I used React, JSX, Angular, Elm). - Solid Versioning Support with git as well as svn, both within the console and the UI. - Great Maven support. Auto-save, great search function. Overall I could list all the features I like, many you can find in other IDEs as well. But when using IntelliJ, I just feel it gets out of the way and lets you work & if you don't know how to do something, there is usually a nice "intelligent" trick on how to do it, or it is not hard to find online. - The student/academic license is really appreciated.

Cons

\- The product is constantly updated, which is a good thing but it is somewhat bothersome. Of course they have to ask the user,, but would be nice if it just updated without prompting, at least for smaller updates. -The integrated console its fine, but (at least on Windows) it sometimes lags and stops working. Not that often, but it happens. - Co-workers that used another IDE, usually complained of certain bugs within IntelliJ, for example, when compiling. I, however did not experience such bugs. - It is not cheap. - There are a ton of IDEs and (if I am not mistaken ) IntelliJ is the 'flagship' product which includes all features of e.g. PHPStorm or Webstorm. If you are doing Web-Programming for example, then IntelliJ would be a little bit of an overkill. That might be a problem if you barely use Java, and thus simply not use the many functions that IntelliJ has. - Resolving git conflichts was sometimes difficult. In some regards the UI, UX could do some finetuning.

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MSB

Mahipal Singh B.  
Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "IntelliJ IDEA Review"

July 15, 2021

5.0

As a developer, my overall experience with IntelliJ IDEA is good and suggest others use this one. Because it provides lots of features to make ease the life of a developer.

Pros

As per me, IntelliJ is the best IDE and providing lots of features to make ease the life of a developer like auto-suggestion to write the code, debugging tools to find the bugs easily, features to integrate the market plugins in your code as per requirement. Also, the UI interface is too interactive.

Cons

Sometimes, IntelliJ take too much time to build the project or sometimes a crash happened if your project is too heavy due to which it takes too much memory.

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Omar O.  
Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The nr.1 of IDEs, miles away from its competitors"

May 25, 2022

5.0

Overall IntelliJ is a great high-quality software. A market leader with no competitors close by. Definitely recommend for any developer who's working on a JVM stack.

Pros

Code editing, development, cursor navigation are all very pleasant activites in IntelliJ, thanks to the many many built-in features. It's clear that professional developers built it who know and experience what professional developers need.

Cons

Configuring the build to make it work is sometimes mission impossible. I have experienced it when using the software for Scala development.

Switched from

[Eclipse IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/205298/Eclipse-IDE/)

IntelliJ provided much greater experience.

Review Source

Pius O.  
Software Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "My Review of IntelliJ IDEA"

November 4, 2022

5.0

IntelliJ IDEA is the best for all developers and other users because it gives the users a lot of controls that saves a lot of time.

Pros

The software has a lot of powerful features that helps takeoff developers extra work with features like auto complete, generate, access and control of the database within the development area, access to dependencies like maven and more other features like GUI being so friendly.There is ease to add or import other libraries within the software.

Cons

Integrate IntelliJ IDEA with android studio so that we can write and run apps within. Otherwise the software is great.

Review Source

SS

Suraj S.  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "IntelliJ IDEA review for java developers"

December 29, 2022

5.0

My overall experience is very good with IntelliJ IDEA because I mostly use this to develop a java project.

Pros

I like the GUI of the software and also the functionality available on the software like running code through the button and running code in different modes like debugging mode etc. I like the themes present on the software and also it is available for different Operating systems like LINUX,WINDOWS etc. we can also download the different versions of java through this IDE ONLY. we can manage different projects in the software. It also gives you suggestion to add packages.

Cons

For web development, libraries are not available so can not use for web development.I like the least thing is that mostly developers use Intellij IDEA for Java development so it becomes less efficient for python development and web development. For New user it is difficult to understand the folder structure and how to start and run or configure the IDE.

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MF

Marc F.  
Ph.D. Student  
Research  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "IntelliJ: The Intelligent Code Editor for Smart Developers"

April 7, 2023

5.0

Using IntelliJ has truly transformed my software development workflow. The user-friendly interface and powerful code editing features have been a real game-changer for me. The intelligent code completion and error highlighting have saved me countless hours and helped me catch bugs early on in the development process. In addition, the integration with popular build tools such as Maven and Gradle has made managing dependencies and building projects very straightforward. Even though there are some downsides, I am convinced that the benefits of IntelliJ far outweigh any drawbacks, making it my go-to code editor for all of my projects. What's more, it is not limited to Java development alone. The editor provides robust support for various programming languages, including Kotlin, Python, and JavaScript, among others. This makes it easy for developers to work on multiple projects and languages with ease within the same IDE.

Pros

Using IntelliJ has truly elevated my coding experience to the next level. It's an intelligent tool that lives up to its name, offering features such as code analysis, debugging, and refactoring that make coding really efficient. I especially love the powerful code completion and the ability to customize the editor to fit my unique programming needs. As a former CS student, the free version of IntelliJ had been an absolute lifesaver, allowing me to access its full range of coding features without breaking the bank.What's more, the sheer number of plugins and integrations available with IntelliJ means that I can customize it to suit my specific programming needs.

Cons

While every software tool has its drawbacks, IntelliJ's benefits outweigh the cons. While it can be resource-intensive, the performance of the editor is generally top-notch, with snappy response times and efficient memory usage. Although some advanced features may require additional time to learn, they provide great value once mastered. Additionally, IntelliJ's community edition is free, making it accessible to anyone with an interest in coding.

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