JetBrains Rider on macOS is almost as good as Visual Studio 2022 on Windows. And JetBrains DataGrip is by far the best database IDE on macOS or Windows; going back from it to SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) recently was painful.
SSMS has a unique feature where if you run multiple queries, it will show the output of all those queries below at the same time, you cannot do that with Datagrip.
SSMS also has a number of excellent integrations with SQL Server itself. Overall, DataGrip is my tool of choice, but I occasionally boot up Windows in Parallels when I need some of the SSMS-specific tools.
SSMS has unique feature of starting away too long even on my dev laptop.
Visual Studio starts faster not much more though noticeable but these two have same base.
So just wonder why is that or it is just my imagination.
To be fair, when I was working on Windows, SSMS was one of the first programs I opened, and (almost) never closed it. I was using it frequently enough this worked well for me.
Man I wish DataGrip would improve their Oracle database capability. I really just hate toad so much.
Unless you admin more than 3-4 databases, and then it's a nightmare unless you never close it.
10 years ago, at a job interview, the manager asked me what IDE I wanted. I can't remember what I was using at the time, but he asked if I wanted PHPStorm. I said I had never used it. He said, "It'll change your life," and it did. Been a hard core Jetbrains Kool-Aid drinker ever since that job.
Seconded. It’s my daily driver for back end .net development on mac. I’ve experimented with the new vs code extensions, but the experience still isn’t as smooth as using a proper IDE.
Agreed. Been using for a few years and have zero complaints.