D and CLion

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 21/01/16 5:40 AM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> Kingsley is developing a D plugin for IntelliJ IDEA – which is a Good
> Thing™.
>
> However, as I have said before, I think CLion (a C++ IDE, where
> IntelliJ IDEA is really a JVM languages IDE) would be a far better
> place for D to be supported.
>
> Given CLion is CMake based, CMake-D is important to getting things
> moving initially. We can worry about Dub support and dependency
> management along the way.
>
> I have created an issue with the JetBrains tracker for this enhancement
> request.
>
> https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/CPP-5648
>
> IntelliJ IDEA already supports Gradle as a project driver so the idea
> of CLion allowing Dub to be a project driver is not outwith the bounds
> of possibility.
>
> It would be nice if we could develop plugins in Kotlin rather than
> Java!

Intellij IDEA is the base IDE.
The branded ones like CLion are just it plus some propriety plugins.

But yes having them play nicely with each other is definitely preferable.