I agree. Beyond the preference aspect there's definitely a notion of using the right tool for the job - and in an unfamiliar codebase (e.g. one that relies on

I agree. Beyond the preference aspect there's definitely a notion of using the right tool for the job - and in an unfamiliar codebase (e.g. one that relies on a heavy framework like Django filled with thousands of lines of code I've never seen), as I mentioned before an IDE can be of significant benefit. That said, once one has grokked the framework to a fair degree, I would imagine that continuing benefit (in that respect) would be quite limited.