The line between IDE and "text editor" is fuzzy these days. Mainly I think many people, such as myself, have an editor of choice. The editing process itself is

The line between IDE and "text editor" is fuzzy these days. Mainly I think many people, such as myself, have an editor of choice. The editing process itself is what makes the editor their preference, so that's what they build their experience around. This is why (imo) you get text editors like sublime, vim, emacs serving such an IDE-centric experience. People don't think of it like IDE vs not-IDE, it's all an IDE, if you enjoy it you try to add features you want. Switching to a fully fledged IDE may have better language experiences, but for many that's the lesser factor. Hell, Vim has a lot of this stuff, but I switched to Kakoune a long while back, giving up a ton of my addons/plugins for languages. I can still write them (and am working on it), but the point is Kakoune is not nearly as widely supported on tooling as Vim is. Yet, the editor reigns supreme to me, and I prefer Kakoune.