Development Tools / IDE

Iā€™m getting my feet wet here, but I feel like Iā€™m doing this all wrong.
Iā€™m copying code in to the hub, saving, trying to get to a point without errors.
Then, it feels like Iā€™m coding back in 1990 where I need to put debug statements everywhere as thereā€™s no breakpoints, ways to investigate anything.
Thereā€™s no documentation anywhere, and Iā€™m also finding it hard to even work out simple stuff (eg. this works in ST:
import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
but in HE, it just chokes with ā€œunable to resolve classā€)

What tools/editors/IDE/debugging tools are people using?

Not complaining, just looking for pointers on best practice and knowing where to look.

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I'd guess that most people are probably using IntelliJ Idea (Community Edition), which is free and supports Groovy. My Hubitat hasn't arrived yet, so no idea about debugging support etc.

I'd recommend downloading the Jetbrains Toolbox App to make installation and updates easier

i use github desktop and atom. for debugging i just use live logging that seems to get me through 99% of time.

ok so back to crappy dev environments with this just like with ST :frowning: was hoping for better, just ordered will see what the lowdown is once it arrives.