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> You have IntelliJ, PyCharm, RubyMine, CLion, and now this. That's excluding plugins for other IDEs

To my knowledge, IntelliJ + plugin = any other JetBrains IDE. It's a solved problem already: if you want multi-language support, purchase IntelliJ. However, the plugins lag behind the standalone IDEs on features.

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> However, the plugins lag behind the standalone IDEs on features.

I haven't noticed that. If I want the latest features, I can often find an EAP with them.

The biggest issue with using IntelliJ IDEA instead of one of the IDEs is you're forced to see Java-ish project conventions in a few places, and some of the functions are accessed a bit differently or need to be configured on every project.

I happen to use it also when a project is partly written in Java, e.g. a JRuby app.

CLion and AppCode are the exceptions to that rule currently, though I wouldn't be surprised to see the CLion functionality get folded back in to IDEA eventually.

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