Java pretty much requires an IDE because it's verbose, bloated, everything is inconvenient without IDE assistance and it's easy to create bugs.
Something as simple as opening a file of code requires IDE, because everything is hidden behind `./src/main/java/com/whatever` nonsense. The language was designed for IDE.
In Rust there is hardly any need for IDE (or a debugger), as long as your text editor has LSP support. Hell, even without LSP support it feels quite OK to write Rust code.
I use Intellij for Java, and Kakoune for Rust, and I really dislike working with Java. The fancy refactoring features don't make up for how verbose, clunky and inexpressive Java is.
The Rust way is to have great modular and reusable tooling for everything. Even stuff like complex refactoring can be achieved without an IDE with something like https://github.com/google/rerast
Something as simple as opening a file of code requires IDE, because everything is hidden behind `./src/main/java/com/whatever` nonsense. The language was designed for IDE.
In Rust there is hardly any need for IDE (or a debugger), as long as your text editor has LSP support. Hell, even without LSP support it feels quite OK to write Rust code.
I use Intellij for Java, and Kakoune for Rust, and I really dislike working with Java. The fancy refactoring features don't make up for how verbose, clunky and inexpressive Java is.
The Rust way is to have great modular and reusable tooling for everything. Even stuff like complex refactoring can be achieved without an IDE with something like https://github.com/google/rerast