My experience with IDEs is limited to Visual Studio and Eclipse. Have toyed with IntelliJ - but didn't go deep with it. For me IDEs are slow, complicated and

My experience with IDEs is limited to Visual Studio and Eclipse. Have toyed with IntelliJ - but didn't go deep with it. For me IDEs are slow, complicated and the screens cluttered. There are so many panels, options, buttons, etc. All I want to see is the code. With vi and multiple screens I can have more than enough windows open. I let the compiler generate warnings and errors. With a fast machine running make I hardly ever have to wait too long. Besides, cutting code is only about 30% of the effort in a project. Documentation, testing, support, meetings and more meetings take up the bulk of my time. I actually enjoy the time I get to do real work! Being more hands on feels good to me.