See, I tried to use Visual Studio and I must admit I don't "get it". Actually, I'm not mocking you there. This is the truth. But I don't get many things. So I

See, I tried to use Visual Studio and I must admit I don't "get it". Actually, I'm not mocking you there. This is the truth. But I don't get many things. So I end up compiling with VS and editing code in Emacs, because VS does not have a shortcut to switch between files quickly and because VS does not integrate with Git properly and because VS does not have keyboard macros and because I just don't like VS much. Funny enough, I used to feel the same way as you do, though. I mean, how can you live without auto completion? But gradually I realized that in fact, I did not miss auto completion any more after a day or two not having it. And I did not miss a method browser either. And a menu bar. And... a mouse. I think we humans are clever animals and we can adjust to any number of things. Me, I have been through IDEs (XCode, Eclipse, VS), Textmate, Vim and now Emacs. In the end I think it boils down to fun: I can work with pretty much any tool or language you throw at me. But to really get me going I need to have fun. And Emacs is giving me that. I am not quite sure if it really is any more or less efficient than XCode or Visual Studio or ed or whatever, but I know that I am magnitudes more productive when I am having fun than when I don't. So use what you like best. Just don't forget that it is about having fun! Anyone who tells you otherwise... well, I frankly don't care. Have fun!