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Good product overall, needs a little bit more attention to bugs, fewer features and more stability/performance.
October 22, 2019

Good product overall, needs a little bit more attention to bugs, fewer features and more stability/performance.

Igal Fleishman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IntelliJ WebStorm

We are a small startup with five people. We had several developers, however, I'm the only one using it. I'm using the IDE for frontend/backend web apps development.
  • Find code
  • Refactoring (rename file/variables/functions)
  • Visual differences
  • Merge and auto-merge non-conflicting code
  • Concurrent multi-project support. Always some issues with that. Now the issue is that it's difficult to use the keyboard to focus on the current IDE window because the focus goes to other project windows
  • For the longest time, there was an issue with the "Find in Path" dialog which didn't or couldn't be closed properly/easily
  • Sometimes WebStorm reaches a point where it cannot find symbols. After restart and/or project reopen, it can
  • Sometimes it becomes really slow and shows the macOS spinner. Then it needs to restart before working
  • Restart takes a long time, especially when having several JS web apps project windows open. On my 2017 Macbook Pro it takes half a minute or so until it settles after starting
  • Allows web applications development (+node).
I selected IntelliJ WebStorm mostly for legacy issues and I'm used/loyal to it. I guess if I started today, no strings attached I don't know if I'd be using it. It seems the main competitor is Visual Studio Code. Developers like it because it's fast and simple which is an area WebStorm does not particularly excel. Also, Visual Studio Code is more stable and supports multiple concurrent projects without hogging memory while delivering faster performance and start times.
Reps are responsive, that's a big positive. On the other hand, the system and process used aren't friendly and simple enough. Log collection needs to be automated to save developers time interacting with the support team. Automatically submitting issues might address it.

Do you think WebStorm delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with WebStorm's feature set?

Yes

Did WebStorm live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WebStorm go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy WebStorm again?

Yes

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Web apps development is a good use case, though there are too many speed and stability issues, almost to the point of having it be more worthwhile for developers to use Visual Studio Code.