For small edits, look at logs, scratchpad, open JSON or XML files Notepad++ > UltraEdit > Sublime Text For FrontEnd development Atom is nice but bloated > VSCo

For small edits, look at logs, scratchpad, open JSON or XML files Notepad++ > UltraEdit > Sublime Text For FrontEnd development Atom is nice but bloated > VSCode (arguably > Vim) For Java development Eclipse (or variants like RAD, STS) > IntelliJ Idea for other languages your mileage may vary...