The bright primary colors on black shown in the post are distracting. More subtle colors make a difference. I find syntax highlighting incredibly helpful. Se

The bright primary colors on black shown in the post are distracting. More subtle colors make a difference. I find syntax highlighting incredibly helpful. Seeing instantly if you forgot to close a quote. Seeing comments ( as the author points out) are two examples. I'm one of those developers that likes to have an IDE with as many helpers as possible. And before anybody accuses me of being a newb, I started out programming pascal & working on vax on a dumb terminal. And I had to walk uphill both ways to get to the computer lab. So put that in your pipe and smoke it young whippersnappers!