IntelliJ IDEA vs IntelliJ WebStorm

• Compared to Eclipse, basically it is a easier to learn which results in faster learning curve. Good for small or mid-sized projects. Generally speaking developers can be productive in a short training and use.
• Very rich plug-in capability, such as out of the box support for version control systems.
• User friendly interface. Responsive and interactive than other IDE tools.

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• Angular development - built-in support for tslint allows your team to code to a single standard.
• NodeJs testing - Mocha and Chai testing is a breeze for my Node unit tests.
• Emmet support for HTML makes for speedy prototyping.
• The file difference utilities are some of the best I've used for my Github merge conflicts. They are really focused around source control conflict scenarios instead of the "can be used for" mentality of other IDEs.

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• IntelliJ IDEA wins as long as the language is Java. Outside that , e.g., in other languages, it is not so advanced.
• It is licensed, with a steep licensing cost. All features are not included in the free edition.
• It is not as light as Eclipse, so in a weak system, it can be a pain.

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• The auto-complete feature is the worst/weakest thing about WebStorm. It definitely works very much like other editors (not bad when compared to other editors), but I expected more intelligence.
• It does not natively supports many frameworks (like mocha if I remember correctly), which is okay because obviously they cannot support everything, and you have the option to install the library-support. But the auto-complete/function-definition is very bad. The library-support only adds method calls from the "TypeScript" version. E.g. if a method abc() is defined in a library, but the typescript version that WebStorm downloaded does not have that method, it shows a warning. I would like WebStorm to scan my node_modules and use method-signatures from there instead of typescript signatures.
• The profile exporter will only export language settings. However I would like WebStorm to also export other settings such as right-margin length and any other setting that I might change. In-fact I would like the profile to be version-controlled locally so that I can keep track of what changes I made over the time period.

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• IDEA significantly speeds up the development lifecycle. Developers can think more about their code and less about what needs to be done at the syntax and filesystem level.
• IDEA has such a large user base that it's easy to find people for your organisation that can hit the ground running with it.
• Using a standard code template helps to standardise the code across the team.

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• Saves lot of time when we are finding the text or files.
• Easy to work with for support projects.
• Nice code completion feature.
• It's all in one solution for both front end, back end and database solution to work with.
• Initial learning curve is required to use the workbench.
• Documentation can be improved better probably adding videos, would be helpful for visual person.

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