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Clojure/ClojureScript dev on IntelliJ

coming from Sublime Text 3

Tie

• Multiple cursors (or carets)
• Move caret to next blank line (coming)

Pros

• Editor theme customization
• Easy keyboard customization
• Easy configuration export
• Git integration
• Smart tab naming (e.g. ns.folder.file)
• Run external commands and show feedback with a collapsable panel
• Cursive plugin for Clojure/ClojureScript dev
  • Better REPL
  • Go to definition/Find usages
  • Refactor/Rename
  • Tests integration
  • CLJX integration
  • Clojure inspections
  • Rainbow Parentheses
  • Paredit (structural editing)

Cons

• Mouse cursor doesn't hide when using keyboard (using Cursorcerer as a workaround)
• Easily adjust app theme (Darcula for example)
• Live templates - Multiple contexts
• "Enter Action" (CMD+P *ish) does not remember the most used actions.
• No hungry backspace (I think there is a plugin for this)
• No "Save File" visual notification (Editor->General->Editor Tabs->Mark Modified tabs with asterisk)
• Slow keyboard feedback (moving caret around for example)
• Default filters for searching symbols and files (e.g. jdk sources) (You can customize your filters by file types)
• No "Create new file relative to current" action Refactor->Copy
• Move between tabs - No Cmd+1-9
• Flicker while scrolling
• Cursive plugin:
  • No way to configure structural editing (e.g. comment insertion behaviour)
  • Structural editing wrapping for selected s-exprs (Editor->General->SmartKeys->Surround selection on typing quote or brace)