The nice thing about linux is that it IS an IDE. With built in tools its easy to do much of the heavy work VS does. I also use VS at work and its very refreshin

The nice thing about linux is that it IS an IDE. With built in tools its easy to do much of the heavy work VS does. I also use VS at work and its very refreshing to use simple but extensible tools. VS takes forever to load and none of the tools work half as good as the cmd ones. VIM is just an editor with advanced editor tools. If you are looking for more of a IDE emacs really follows that path. Its highly extensible and has many more IDE type features. Again using an IDE is fine and dandy if you ship things. :)