>developers only like visual studio because either they haven't had much experience with anything else, they use languages that require massive amounts of IDE t

>developers only like visual studio because either they haven't had much experience with anything else, they use languages that require massive amounts of IDE to be practical or they paid for it which results in 'money bias'. Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft. Your assertions about why developers like Visual Studio are nonsense... I like it over Sublime Text, RubyMine, WebStorm, gedit, XCode, and a slew of other tools / editors I've used. Why? Because it has a great extension ecosystem (ReSharper, dotCover, TestDriven.NET, Git Extensions, VisualSVN), has by far and above the best live debugging tools on the planet, the best code completion, IntelliSense, and a slew of other features that make my development faster and easier. And I say this as someone who's done plenty of C# in MonoDevelop too, without the aid of many of those VS features. So no, Visual Studio hasn't jedi-mind-tricked me into liking it - I like it because it gives me the best experience and makes me more productive.