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I get that it's open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Jetbrains IDEs are not free though are they?

I also quite like the light touch feel you get from code, I can use it for any language and am not going to have to navigate through hundreds of language specific features I don't need unless I install them myself

Kate might do similar but I can't imagine the extension pool is big enough to compete and I think at that point I'd just use a commandline editor instead

[–] morhp@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 year ago

Some are, the intellij java community edition is even open source. The paid ones are not too expensive, I pay around 200€ yearly for the all products pack and that's definitely worth it for a professional developer. If you are a student or open source developer, you can apply for free versions also.