So very true, IntelliJ IDEA is miles ahead of any other IDE I've ever used (including VS). For Java development, I started out with NetBeans, then switched to E

So very true, IntelliJ IDEA is miles ahead of any other IDE I've ever used (including VS). For Java development, I started out with NetBeans, then switched to Eclipse and finally to IntelliJ. Recentely JetBrains has also released IDEs for Ruby/Rails (RubyMine) and Python/Django (PyCharm). It will be interesting to see if they gain any momentum within their respective communties.