Could you provide some concrete examples?
I ask because modern editors can do most things people often regard as IDE only but there is still the odd gem that’s worth hearing about.
I ask because modern editors can do most things people often regard as IDE only but there is still the odd gem that’s worth hearing about.
- Add a parameter to a method signature and fill it in with a default value.
- Reorder method parameters.
- Extract a block of code to a method that infers the correct input and output types.
The most advanced refactoring I've done with IntelliJ is structural replace for Java which can do something like: for every private method matching the name "*DoThing" defined on a class that extends Foo, insert a log line at the beginning of the method: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/structural-search-and-re...
I make heavy use of the "integrated" aspect of IntelliJ. One of the nicer benefits is that SQL strings are type-checked against a database schema.
[0] https://rust-analyzer.github.io/manual.html#structural-searc...
But the above things are not done in LSP generally. It doesn’t have first-class support for structural search replace. It doesn’t have support for interactive refactors which require user input.