Thoughts on the IntelliJ Minecraft Development Plugin

[devguydan]

Wondering if anyone has used, or has an opinion on the IntelliJ Minecraft Development Plugin: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8327-minecraft-development

 

I am new and used for my first couple demo mods. It is nice that it handles a lot for me, but in the long run what do you guys recommend? DYI or try to use a 3rd party tool with hopefully better practices than I know of?

 

Edit:

Ok in addition to this, it looks like I will continue to be using the plugin. I tried using the methods described in the docs with IntelliJ, and cannot get it to work. Either it fails to generate the IntelliJ runs (terminal methods) or it fails to build and run the client.  However, by using the plugin, everything seems to get configured correctly.

 

Is there something I am missing?

Edited March 13, 2019 by devguydan
Now sticking to the plugin

[whodomoodu]

Any notable difference using the plugin vs not using it?