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In the beginning I want to mark that this is not a regular IDE vs IDE question, because Dart is still in it's infancy, and It's not about which is better but which is more recent.
There are only two decent Dart IDEs for now. Dart Editor and WebStorm. Which one has better feature-set for Dart development?
I know Dart Editor is made by people responsible for Dart language, but JetBrains(WebStorm) is much more mature and experienced.
Can anyone list the differences between those IDE's today?
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We are retiring Dart Editor at the Dart 1.11 release. WebStorm is the preferred IDE experience for Dart, and the Eclipse plugin for Dart will continue to be supported. WebStorm and IntelliJ are full-featured IDEs, and both ship with the Dart plugin. The Dart plugin uses the Dart Analysis Server for its errors, warnings, quick fixes, and more.
Open the Dart file to start the application from or select it in the Project Tool Window. This file must contain a main () method. From the context menu of the selection, choose Run '<dart_file_name>'. WebStorm generates a run/debug configuration of the type Dart Command Line App and launches your application with it.
According to the StackShare community, WebStorm has a broader approval, being mentioned in 470 company stacks & 449 developers stacks; compared to JetBrains Rider, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 5 developer stacks. When I switched to Visual Studio Code 12 months ago from PhpStorm I was in love, it was great.
Webstorm may be slightly better for Javascript development out of the box but VS Code is free and as such more developers are used to using it. This means that new team members are able to get up and running quicker. I decided to choose VSCode over Sublime text for my Systems Programming class in C.
WebStorm team was working on Dart support for over a year now, getting regular feedback and assistance from the Dart team. So I believe that Dart support in WebStorm is quite mature.
The overall quality of code completion, navigation, code inspections (the same analyzer is used as in Dart editor) and quick fixes offered by WebStorm might make the difference. WebStorm has built-in debugger for Dart web and command line apps.
Moreover, WebStorm adds value by providing support for HTML and CSS (LESS, Sass, whatever you use) in your Dart project, while Dart editor doesn't. Have a look at the recent discussion in Dartisans Google+ group.
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from the official site
As of 1.11, Dart Editor is obsolete and no longer supported. We recommend using DartPad to play with Dart and WebStorm to develop with Dart. For more information, see the announcement.
Also from The present and future of editors and IDEs for Dart
Another option is the Eclipse plugin for Dart, which we continue to support. The Eclipse plugin, which currently shares most of its code with Dart Editor, is powered by the Dart Analysis Server.
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