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What is WebStorm?

WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript.
WebStorm is a tool in the Integrated Development Environment category of a tech stack.

Who uses WebStorm?

Companies
1128 companies reportedly use WebStorm in their tech stacks, including Tech Stack, Lyft, and Accenture.

Developers
11781 developers on StackShare have stated that they use WebStorm.

WebStorm Integrations

JavaScript, Node.js, React, TypeScript, and AngularJS are some of the popular tools that integrate with WebStorm. Here's a list of all 31 tools that integrate with WebStorm.
Pros of WebStorm
187
Intelligent ide
128
Smart development environment
108
Easy js debugging
97
Code inspection
95
Support for the Latest Technologies
55
Created by jetbrains
53
Cross-platform ide
36
Integration
30
Spellchecker
24
Language Mixing/Injection
11
Debugger
10
Local History
8
Web developer can't live without this
7
Fast search
7
Git support
6
Angular.js support
6
Sass autocompletion
5
Better refactoring options
5
FTP
5
There is no need to setup plugins (all from the box)
5
Show color on the border next to hex string in CSS
5
Smart autocompletion
5
JSON Schema
5
Awesome
5
Built-in js debugger
5
Running and debugging Node.js apps remotely
4
Easy to use
4
A modern IDE stuck in the 90s
4
TypeScript support
4
Smart coding assistance for React
4
Node.js integration
4
111
4
Protractor support out of the box
4
Intelligent
4
Paid but easy to crack
3
Dart support
3
Solid intelligent features
3
Great app
3
Integrated terminal
3
Vagrant and SSH Console
3
Free for students
3
Unused imports inspection
3
Docker intergration
2
Remote Files Syncronization
2
Grate debug tools for React Apps
2
Easier to keep running than eclipse
1
Auto imports
1
Vim support
1
Rename helpers
1
Auto refactoring helpers
1
Less autocompletion
1
GIT partial commits
Decisions about WebStorm

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose WebStorm in their tech stack.

Johnny Bell

When I switched to Visual Studio Code 12 months ago from PhpStorm I was in love, it was great. However after using VS Code for a year, I see myself switching back and forth between WebStorm and VS Code. The VS Code plugins are great however I notice Prettier, auto importing of components and linking to the definitions often break, and I have to restart VS Code multiple times a week and sometimes a day.

We use Ruby here so I do like that Visual Studio Code highlights that for me out of the box, with WebStorm I'd need to probably also install RubyMine and have 2 IDE's going at the same time.

Should I stick with Visual Studio Code, or switch to something else? #help

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WebStorm's Features

  • Coding assistance for JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Support for React and Angular
  • Built-in debugger for client-side JavaScript and Node.js
  • Integration with build tools, linters and test runners
  • UI for working with Git and other VCS including a visual merge tool

WebStorm Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to WebStorm?
PhpStorm
PhpStorm is a PHP IDE which keeps up with latest PHP & web languages trends, integrates a variety of modern tools, and brings even more extensibility with support for major PHP frameworks.
Atom
At GitHub, we're building the text editor we've always wanted. A tool you can customize to do anything, but also use productively on the first day without ever touching a config file. Atom is modern, approachable, and hackable to the core. We can't wait to see what you build with it.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Sublime Text
Sublime Text is available for OS X, Windows and Linux. One license is all you need to use Sublime Text on every computer you own, no matter what operating system it uses. Sublime Text uses a custom UI toolkit, optimized for speed and beauty, while taking advantage of native functionality on each platform.
PyCharm
PyCharm’s smart code editor provides first-class support for Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, CSS, popular template languages and more. Take advantage of language-aware code completion, error detection, and on-the-fly code fixes!
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WebStorm's Followers
10350 developers follow WebStorm to keep up with related blogs and decisions.