"For java, I would definitely use IntelliJ because of the debugging features alone but I think it's overkill for something like C/C++/Python" Not sure if you'r

"For java, I would definitely use IntelliJ because of the debugging features alone but I think it's overkill for something like C/C++/Python" Not sure if you're trolling, but how much C++ do you write? If you have to ask what the difference is between VS and Vim, and are suggesting that writing C++ is more like Python than Java, you haven't used C++ and/or VS much. (context: I have 10+ years of experience with VS and 15+ with Vim, which is my everyday editor for everything except non-trivial C++ code)