My two cents on this is that IDEs work better for me personally on large projects. If I just banging out some JS or HTML, then any old text editor will do. If

My two cents on this is that IDEs work better for me personally on large projects. If I just banging out some JS or HTML, then any old text editor will do. If, however, I'm knee-deep in dozens or hundreds of Java classes there is simply no substitute for a project-oriented IDE that supports things like project-wide refactoring, dependency awareness, and type checking (among many other features). Personally, VS has long been my favorite IDE, but I've only gotten to use it on a handful of C# projects. Most of the time I'm coding in Eclipse, and I've learned to really appreciate all that it offers. It's not the most intuitive IDE, but it sure is flexible.