TIP: Mathematica: The IntelliJ IDEA Plugin for Mathematica is HEAPS better than the Eclipse-based Wolfram Workbench!

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Don't hesitate! This will make your Wolfram Language coding life heaps more enjoyable:
Wolfram Language Plugin for IntelliJ platform based IDE’s
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You can't live twice, but if I did live twice, I'd make sure I found out about this before struggling with issues with Wolfram Workbench. Thank you IntelliJ IDEA Plugin for Mathematica developers!
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[TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} LINKS: Wolfram Workbench for Mathematica (or just use the far superior IntelliJ IDEA Plugin)
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[FEATURE, ISSUE, LIMITATION, WISHLIST] Mathematica: Wolfram Workbench: Basic variable name refactoring is not supported. (Or just use the IntelliJ IDEA Plugin for Mathematica, which does variable and function renaming well.)
[ISSUE, TOOL, WORKAROUND] Mathematica: Wolfram Workbench: Sometimes the code syntax checking goes haywire (with red nearly everywhere) for no good reason (even when the code load and runs fine in Mathematica). WORKAROUND: Just restart Eclipse.
[ISSUE, TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} Mathematica: Wolfram Workbench: Sometimes the Outline view gets completely out of sync with the .m or .wl Package code
[ISSUE, MODELLING, TIP, TOOL, WARNING, WORKAROUND]{INFORMATIVE} The integration between Wolfram Workbench and Mathematica is partly gammy (as of latest versions 2022-08-23)
[FEATURE, TIP, TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} Webel vs Mathematica: The Very Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
[GOTCHA, ISSUE, LIMITATION, TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} Wolfram Workbench for Mathematica: Limitation: Using more than one '$' sign within function names blocks navigation on function usages.
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Wolfram Language Plugin for IntelliJ platform based IDE’s
Open-source IntelliJ IDEA plugin to support Mathematica development