(1) I started with a hodgepodge of editors and IDEs, all of which were more hassle than they were worth. When I discovered vim that became my dominant editor fo

(1) I started with a hodgepodge of editors and IDEs, all of which were more hassle than they were worth. When I discovered vim that became my dominant editor for almost everything. (2) For students I never hesitate to recommend a notebook environment if there's one suitable for the language at hand (e.g. jupyter for python and a few others). Beginners seem to get a handle on things better that way, and it's not hard for them to also learn an editor later if they develop far enough to need it.