Somewhat less serious suggestion, not aimed at OP, but this whole thread: How about everyone with less than two years experience with both IDEs and editors sta

Somewhat less serious suggestion, not aimed at OP, but this whole thread: How about everyone with less than two years experience with both IDEs and editors stand back so we grown ups can sort this out ;-) On a more serious note and as someone who has been on both sides of the fence: How about we accept that people are different? Some people like Mac, some like Linux and some - gasp - enjoy their Windows desktop. That said, and as someone who has extensive experience from both sides, I think that if people put the same effort into learning and configuring their IDE as they put in learning and configuring vim then that might very increase productivity a lot more than last ten years worship of vim. (And: do learn a bit of vim. It comes in really handy sometimes, just don't fall for the idea that some people sell that you cannot become a good developer without using it all the time.)