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I'm disappointed that JetBrains do not integrate SourceTrail-like functionality in Intellij and their other IDEs. It just seems to be such a natural (and marketable) feature to bring the IDE experience to the next level.

(I'm aware that SourceTrail plugin exists but it did not work well for me)

I'm slowly getting the impression that IDEs for JetBrains became just a cash cow with limited dedicated developer resources and now the most investment goes into Space.

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Not only space,

https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2011/08/why-jetbrains-need...

> The next thing is also fairly straightforward: we expect Kotlin to drive the sales of IntelliJ IDEA. We’re working on a new language, but we do not plan to replace the entire ecosystem of libraries that have been built for the JVM. So you’re likely to keep using Spring and Hibernate, or other similar frameworks, in your projects built with Kotlin. And while the development tools for Kotlin itself are going to be free and open-source, the support for the enterprise development frameworks and tools will remain part of IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, the commercial version of the IDE. And of course the framework support will be fully integrated with Kotlin.

After all, they need to keep the Mountain View customer happy.

That customer is a cheapskate, too. They strongly encourage everyone to use the free Community versions of the IDEs unless you absolutely need something in the paid editions. (e.g. if you write C++ code it's OK to burn a CLion license.)

For my personal and work use, I pay for my own All Tools subscription or whatever they call it now. $149/year for everything JetBrains makes!

I don't get how people can use anything else for development. They handle all the little stuff so you can focus on the code.

Some of us were already using IDEs before JetBrains was founded.

Of course! You and me both. Were you perhaps a Visual C++ or Eclipse use back in those days?

Anyway, let's take GP's comment to mean "JetBrains and other great IDEs". Then we can all agree. :-)

I still am. :)

I also remember using and marveling at Visual Studio 6.0. But the understanding of the word IDE back then and now is vastly different.

Hardly, when there is so much from Xerox PARC ones still left to replicate.

Visual C++ 6.0 did not hold a candle to Delphi and C++ Builder, and Visual C++ 2019 still doesn't.

JB dev isn't really that responsive. I've subscribed to certain bugs that have been in the backlog for years.

Some of us don’t have workstations capable of running or even indexing our codebases. Jetbrains Projector is the beginning of a remote development story, but VSCode is the only GUI editor taking remote seriously.

Jetbrains IDEs had the "find usage" feature before sourcetrail existed. Eclipse as well. I'm not sure what sourcetrail brought new to the table.

Power of good data visualization should not be underestimated.

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