IntelliJ IDEA vs Materia vs Visual Studio

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IntelliJ IDEA

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Materia

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Visual Studio

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Pros of IntelliJ IDEA
Pros of Materia
Pros of Visual Studio
  • 301
    Fantastically intelligent
  • 242
    Best-in-class ide
  • 190
    Many languages support
  • 158
    Java
  • 121
    Fast
  • 82
    Code analysis
  • 79
    Reliable
  • 76
    Out of the box integration with maven, git, svn
  • 64
    Plugin architecture
  • 61
    Integrated version control
  • 12
    Code refactoring support
  • 11
    Best java IDE
  • 7
    Local history
  • 6
    Code Completion
  • 6
    Kotlin
  • 6
    Integrated Database Navigator
  • 6
    Built-in terminal/run tools
  • 5
    All
  • 5
    Free for open-source development, students and teacher
  • 5
    Base for Android Studio
  • 5
    Free If you're a Student
  • 4
    ERD Diagrams
  • 4
    Free
  • 4
    Cross platform
  • 4
    IDE
  • 4
    Database/Code integration
  • 3
    Out Of The Box features
  • 3
    Column Selection Mode
  • 3
    Server and client-side debugger
  • 3
    More than enough languages for any developer
  • 3
    Typescript support
  • 3
    Multicursor support
  • 3
    Reformating Code
  • 3
    Intuitive
  • 3
    Command-line tools
  • 3
    Android Integration
  • 3
    Vim support
  • 3
    Special icons for most filetypes in project list
  • 3
    Supports many frameworks
  • 3
    Built-in web server
  • 3
    Live Templates
  • 3
    Scala support
  • 2
    Works fine with mac os catalina
  • 2
    A lot of plugin
  • 2
    Just works
  • 2
    Integrated Ssh/Ftp Managers
  • 2
    Full support
  • 2
    Task managers
  • 2
    Diff tools
  • 2
    File Watchers
  • 2
    Support for various package managers
  • 2
    Integrated Code Linting
  • 2
    Clean UI
  • 2
    Open source
  • 2
    So modernised
  • 2
    Efficient, one Stop solution
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    • 305
      Intellisense, ui
    • 244
      Complete ide and debugger
    • 165
      Plug-ins
    • 104
      Integrated
    • 93
      Documentation
    • 37
      Fast
    • 35
      Node tools for visual studio (ntvs)
    • 33
      Free Community edition
    • 24
      Simple
    • 17
      Bug free
    • 8
      Made by Microsoft
    • 6
      Full free community version
    • 5
      JetBrains plugins (ReSharper etc.) work sufficiently OK
    • 3
      Productivity Power Tools
    • 2
      Vim mode
    • 2
      VIM integration
    • 1
      I develop UWP apps and Intellisense is super useful
    • 1
      Cross platform development
    • 1
      The Power and Easiness to Do anything in any.. language
    • 1
      Available for Mac and Windows

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    Cons of IntelliJ IDEA
    Cons of Materia
    Cons of Visual Studio
    • 20
      Large footprint required to really enjoy (mem/disc)
    • 16
      Very slow
    • 8
      Bad for beginners
    • 7
      UI is not intuitive
    • 5
      Not nearly as many tools to integrate as vs code
    • 5
      Constant reindexing
    • 4
      Needs a lot of CPU and RAM power
    • 3
      Built in terminal is slow
    • 3
      Doesn't work that well with windows 10 edu
    • 1
      Ruby is a plug in
    • 1
      Pesky warnings increase with every release
    • 0
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      • 16
        Bulky
      • 14
        Made by Microsoft
      • 6
        Sometimes you need to restart to finish an update
      • 3
        Too much size for disk
      • 3
        Only avalible on Windows

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      What is IntelliJ IDEA?

      Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.

      What is Materia?

      Materia is an easy-to-use backend to build all kinds of applications (mobile, web, gaming and more). Materia tooling aims to manage the entire development cycle for building enterprise class backends.

      What is Visual Studio?

      Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.

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