>Some people like a big, heavy, comfy IDE. Some people like a light, zippy, relatively simple text editor and a terminal window. And some people like Emacs. We

>Some people like a big, heavy, comfy IDE. Some people like a light, zippy, relatively simple text editor and a terminal window. And some people like Emacs. We don't talk about them. (I'm joking, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.) I'm part of the zippy editor/terminal group. I really, really, hate this often touted false dichotomy, and the smug sense of superiority it engenders. Some people just use the right tool for the right job. If I'm cranking out some bash scripts, of course I'll pop open Vim. If I need to edit a CSS file real quick, I'll open up Sublime. If I'm writing a new C# class to integrate with some large codebase based on a complex library, for the love of god give me Visual Studio. If I'm debugging a JSP stack trace in Java/Spring, I would hate my life without IntelliJ. People who "personally identify" with their preferred tools and use/advocate them zealously are idiots with narrow experience.