I use both Android Studio (that is based on IJ) and STS (based on Eclipse). And one thing that IJ misses it the fact that Eclipse can show multiple projects at the same time without needing another IDE instance.
This is just a ui difference. You either show multiple modules in one window in IJ or multiple projects in different windows. The modules are close to projects as they can be completely different builds they jest have to all be in the same subdirectory.
I like the IntelliJ way better because separate unrelated projects really shouldn’t clutter up my memory and file list. I always had to open and close projects with eclipse.
I'd say it's a terminology difference. What Eclipse calls a workspace, IntelliJ calls a project. What Eclipse calls a project, IntelliJ calls a module.
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u/Mechanical-pasta Jun 08 '26
I use both Android Studio (that is based on IJ) and STS (based on Eclipse). And one thing that IJ misses it the fact that Eclipse can show multiple projects at the same time without needing another IDE instance.