One thing that command-line tools have over IDEs for beginners is that they don't litter your hard drive with surprising artifacts (which, in some cases, create

One thing that command-line tools have over IDEs for beginners is that they don't litter your hard drive with surprising artifacts (which, in some cases, create unexpected behavior months or even years later). If you're experimenting with code in vi, you can delete everything when you're done and be absolutely certain that no trace exists.