Item: IntelliJ IDEA
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IntelliJ IDEA

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used in order to view, modify and run Spark projects. It is used to integrate with Spark git repositories. To integrate with Spark SBT.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Autosaves documents
Has a modern, accessible layout
Efficient Git integration
Efficient and reliable code completion for Scala

Cons

Extremely costly premium subscription which contains some very essential features
Sometimes, code corrections are not helpful and annoying
Sometimes, error messages are not helpful

Most Important Features

Git integration
Ease of access to many useful features
Accessible layout
Free community edition

Return on Investment

Positive impact: allows developers to work faster by providing a lot of features
Positive impact: community edition is free
Negative impact: integration with Spark SBT can take some time

PyCharm is for Python, but otherwise similar to IntelliJ IDEA. Both IDEs are great for their intended languages. I selected Intellij IDEA because of its support for Scala. I selected Intellij IDEA over Spark SBT because it is faster and more convenient.

Key Insights

Do you think IntelliJ IDEA delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IntelliJ IDEA's feature set?

Yes

Did IntelliJ IDEA live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IntelliJ IDEA go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IntelliJ IDEA again?

Yes

Other Software Used

GitLab, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop

Likelihood to Recommend

Appropriate for personal and enterprise use on medium to large-sized projects. The free community edition is sufficient for most business tasks. For students and teachers, the ultimate edition is free which is ideal. For very small projects, e.g. to just run a single file, IntelliJ IDEA may not be appropriate.

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Amazing and beautiful IDE for Java and Scala