Through TextMate grammar integration, WebStorm added syntax highlighting for over 20 languages, including Rust, PHP, Python, Ruby , and Go , making it a more capable "lightweight" editor for multi-language projects.

Git is the heartbeat of modern coding. WebStorm 2019 offered one of the most sophisticated Git interfaces available. It visualized merge conflicts in a way that made them easy to resolve and provided a "Local History" feature that could save your life if you forgot to commit a change. The interface allowed for complex rebasing and branching operations without the need to memorize terminal commands.