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WebStorm

The JavaScript and TypeScript IDE

Overview

What WebStorm does

WebStorm is a powerful IDE for modern JavaScript development. Perfectly equipped for client-side development and server-side development with Node.js. Provides intelligent coding assistance for JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and modern frameworks.

What people use it for

  • Web application development
  • React/Angular/Vue development
  • Node.js backend development
  • TypeScript projects
  • Frontend testing

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about WebStorm.

  • JetBrains WebStorm is sold as an annual subscription rather than a one-time purchase: commercial price is $199 per year (USD), and personal price starts at $299 in year one, dropping to $239 in year two and $179 from year three onward with continuous renewal.
  • If the subscription lapses, use of new versions stops; JetBrains grants a fallback license only for the last version used while the subscription was active, per its published buy page.

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Pricing

What WebStorm costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Individual

$12.9 /mo

  • Intelligent JavaScript & TypeScript editor
  • Debugging and testing
  • VCS integration
  • Built-in tools and integrations
  • Plugin ecosystem

Organizations

$25.9 /mo

  • All Individual features
  • Commercial use license
  • Centralized license management
  • Priority support

Capabilities

Features

  • Smart JavaScript editor

    Smart JavaScript editor capability

  • TypeScript support

    TypeScript support capability

  • Node.js development

    Node.js development capability

  • Modern framework support

    Modern framework support capability

  • Built-in debugger

    Built-in debugger capability

  • Unit testing

    Unit testing capability

  • Version control

    Version control capability

  • Live templates

    Live templates capability

  • React

    Integration with React

  • Angular

    Integration with Angular

  • Vue.js

    Integration with Vue.js

  • Node.js

    Integration with Node.js

Behind it

Who makes WebStorm

Company
JetBrains s.r.o.
Based in
Prague, Czech Republic (JetBrains headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Founders
Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipyatkov, Eugene Belyaev

Timeline

WebStorm over time

  1. Launch2010-05-28

    WebStorm 1.0 released

    Source

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