Not just easier, but less cognitive load. You are still learning a ton about programming (we all are, but). You also hopefully have a life outside of programmin

Not just easier, but less cognitive load. You are still learning a ton about programming (we all are, but). You also hopefully have a life outside of programming. JetBrains (and others) allow you to easily learn the IDE along the way, but also can help with good practices. That is worth a lot of valuable time.