intellij-plugins VS neovim

Since the Goland plugin and then IDE arrived, they torpedoed the prior Golang plugin but it still exists and is Apache 2 https://github.com/go-lang-plugin-org/go-lang-idea-plugin/bl...

I don't recall offhand what features it does or doesn't support, and certainly not GOMODULES et al but just FYI

They did a similar "fuck you" to the Terraform plugin <https://github.com/VladRassokhin/intellij-hcl/blob/v0.6.14/L...> when they hired the developer and then made the built-in Terraform functionality basically abandonware :fu:

And then, in some extra weird behavior, they have CloudFormation still in the open <https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-plugins/tree/idea/251....> but mysteriously it, too, is basically abandonware. Or maybe they're expecting the community to chip in and fix the bugs <https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues?q=subsystem:%20%7BLang...>. I dunno.

We can then open it using IntelliJ IDEA or the IDE of your choice.

Warp Terminal Download and install Warp (https://www.warp.dev/) Use the terminal to navigate to your project directory. IntelliJ IDEA with Python Plugin Download IntelliJ IDEA (https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) Go to Preferences → Plugins → Marketplace and install the "Python" plugin. Create a new Python project (File → New Project → Python). Set up the virtual environment:

IntelliJ IDEA, developed by JetBrains, is an intelligent IDE primarily used for Java development. It streamlines the development process with powerful features like smart code completion, on-the-fly code analysis, and refactoring tools.

I use IntelliJ Idea to write my Java applications. I also use Snyk’s IDE extension. The good news is that there are Snyk IDE extensions for all the popular IDEs, supporting a wide array of programming languages.

For Python, PyCharm is an EXCELLENT choice. For Java, IntelliJ IDEA is the most popular choice. IDEs help you manage your code projects, debug issues, and test your programs more efficiently.

2. IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA: Download and install IntelliJ IDEA

Visual Studio is an IDE and code editor which you can use to write, debug, build code and then afterwards publish it. Examples of other softwares in the IDE category like Visual Studio include Intellij IDEA, Eclipse IDE, PyCharm, Code Blocks, and Netbeans.

Vim is a highly efficient, keyboard-driven text editor that prioritizes speed, precision, and control. It’s been around for decades, but it’s far from outdated. In recent years, Vim has seen a resurgence, thanks largely to Neovim, a modern refactor of Vim that brings a faster core, better plugin support, and a vibrant, forward-looking community.

A text-based shell interface is extremely lightweight compared to modern IDEs. Because it runs in the terminal, even a feature-rich agent has very low overhead. According to Forgecode “Low Resource Usage: minimal impact on system performance”. In contrast, a full IDE can consume hundreds of megabytes of RAM or more, even when idle. In one user benchmark, Neovim (a terminal editor) used only about 10 MB of RAM, whereas Visual Studio Code (an Electron-based IDE) used roughly 700 MB with no files open. The savings add up quickly: even a hundred developers using shell agents could free up many gigabytes of memory compared to the same number running heavy IDE instances. In practice, a shell agent like Forge leaves almost all CPU and RAM free for your code compilation and tests. In a cloud or CI/CD pipeline, this efficiency translates directly into cost savings. You can run more parallel analyses or smaller instances when the tools are light. Over time, those saved resources mean lower infrastructure bills for large teams.

So I headed over to the Neovim GitHub like any lost soul would and followed the official install steps:

Neovim GitHub Repository

PDE (Personalized Development Environment): Neovim

I've used VSCode for years. It's great, no doubt. But when you have to juggle up to 5 projects daily, you'll find that it's going to block you away. Mine feels heavy, especially with multiple windows and extensions. This is why I decided to find an alternative, until I started using NeoVim instead.

As the developer of the Automad flat-file content management system, I wanted to make working with Automad themes in Neovim as smooth as possible. Automad has its own templating syntax, so I created tree-sitter-automad to provide proper syntax highlighting. Since it’s not yet an official parser, you need to manually register it in Neovim. To speed up template writing, you can also add custom snippets using LuaSnip. Here's how to set everything up.