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Add to SafariWhen comparing Gnome Builder vs IntelliJ Rust, the Slant community recommends IntelliJ Rust for most people. In the question“What are the best editors/IDEs for Rust?” IntelliJ Rust is ranked 1st while Gnome Builder is ranked 10th.
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Pros
Pro Great language support (for linux based projects)
Python, C, Java, Javascript, Go, Vala, C++, and many more.
Pro Integrates nicely into the GNOME Desktop Environment
Client-side decorations, good use of widgets.
Pro Lovely find and replace tool with great REGEX support
Shows a live feedback of what matches the pattern/criteria entered.
Pro Terminal built in
Fully featured terminal is packaged.
Pro Autocomplete
Fast autocomplete.
Pro Supports versioning (git)
Shows diff indication and has branch integration too.
Pro Integrated debugging
Pro Integrated system-wide profiler for improving software performance
Pro Templating
Good templates available to build applications, even to build gnome applications.
Pro Tiling Editor capability
Supports Tiling.
Pro Extendable through plugins
Pro A fully featured IDE
Pro Constantly being updated
Pro Full power of IDEA engine
This plugin uses big part of Intellij IDEA features, including advanced code analysis and refactoring.
Pro Free/Libre (MIT)
Currently
Pro Many users
Has more users than the average plugin.
Pro The best VI shortcut plugin
For those that favor VI shortcuts, you can do nearly everything in IntelliJ that you would do in a VIM editor. Almost no conflicts out of the box, and those that are in conflict are easily resolved.
Pro Built-in user friendly terminal
Pro Has built-in Git support
Pro Nearly 100% of Rust code is interpretted by the IDE
The ability to trace variable definitions and references from within closures as well as understand smart pointers and macro code makes it the smoothest interface for writing Rust.
Pro Supports JS/TS frameworks
Cons
Con No project management
Because it is still in early development there are little project management functionalities.
Con Debugger requires paid CLion / IDEA Ultimate
Debugger still won't work without IDE that includes native debugger support. The only known is proprietary and paid CLion or IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate with the native debugger plugin.
Con Intellij Rust being replaced by paid for IDE
Con Why would you pay for it if there is VSCode
Con Too many issues (currently, in May 2022)
The plugin mostly works but it has a staggering number of issues (1400+ reported as of today). Therefore it should not be used if tool stability is an issue.
Con From the website: "work-in-progress, expect bugs and missing features"
Con Slow compared to Rust analyzer
Con Difficult to work with substrate
Con Does not parse macros correctly
It seems that autocomplete does not work for macros at all.
