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Visual Studio Code vs IntelliJ IDEA vs NetBeans

 vs Vim vs Atom vs KDevelop vs PhpStorm vs Brackets vs Sublime Text vs JetBrains Rider vs Emacs vs Eclipse vs PyCharm Community Edition vs Notepad++ vs Vscodium vs Anaconda vs CodeLobster IDE

Specs

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Extension language

JavaScript

License

MIT, Proprietary (official builds)

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes

Bracket Matching

Yes

Plugin Manager

Yes

Code Templates

Yes

Source Control Integration

Git

Integrated Debugger

Yes

Error Markup

Yes

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

Yes

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes

Bracket Matching

Yes

Plugin Manager

Yes

Code Templates

Yes

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

Yes

Snippets

Yes

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Linux, macOS, Windows, Cygwin

Extension language

Vim

License

Vim License

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

0

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Microsoft Windows®, macOS, Linux

Extension language

JavaScript

License

MIT

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes (plugin)

Bracket Matching

Yes (plugin)

Plugin Manager

Built-in

Code Templates

Yes (plugin)

Source Control Integration

Git

Integrated Debugger

Yes

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

Yes

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

FTP (plug-in); SSH (plug-in)

Column selection

Plug-in

Collaborative editing

Plug-in

RTL

No

Bidi

No

Dev platforms

Microsoft Windows®; macOS; Linux

Export

HTML

Preview

Live side-by-side

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, BSD

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

-

Extension language

JVM

License

-

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes

Bracket Matching

Yes

Plugin Manager

Yes

Code Templates

Yes

Source Control Integration

Yes

Integrated Debugger

Yes

Error Markup

Yes

Cross Platform

Yes

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

FTP; SFTP

Column selection

Yes

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

Yes

Git

Yes

Go To Definition

Yes

Refactoring

Yes

Database management

Yes

Code Analysis

Yes

Find References

Yes

Deployment

Remote Deployment To Multiple Hosts

Find Usage

Yes

Completion

Yes

Version Control

Yes

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Windows; macOS; Linux

Extension language

JavaScript

License

MIT

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

FTP (plug-in)

Column selection

Yes

Collaborative editing

No

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

OSX; Vi (plug-in); Emacs (plug-in)

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Extension language

Python

License

Proprietary

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes

Bracket Matching

Yes

Plugin Manager

Yes (3rd party)

Code Templates

Yes

Source Control Integration

Via plugins

Integrated Debugger

No

Error Markup

No

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

Yes

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

FTP (plug-in); SSH (plug-in)

Column selection

Yes

Collaborative editing

No

RTL

No

Bidi

No

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

No

Git

-

Go To Definition

Yes

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

OSX; Vi; Emacs

Interactive Console

No

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

-

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Unix-like, macOS, Windows, Cygwin

Extension language

Emacs Lisp, C(Emacs modules)

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes

Bracket Matching

Yes

Plugin Manager

Package, built-in

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

Yes (package)

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

Yes

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

FTP; HTTP; SSH; WebDAV

Column selection

Yes

Collaborative editing

Yes

RTL

Yes

Bidi

Yes

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

Yes

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

IBM CUA; OSX; Vi; Emacs; Pico; WordStar; WordPerfect; Brief

Interactive Console

Yes

Interactive Debugger

gdb (for C)

Go to Definition

Yes

Terminal

-

Platforms

Cross Platform

Extension language

yes

License

MIT

Multi Language Support

yes

Auto Complete

yes

Bracket Matching

yes

Plugin Manager

yes

Code Templates

yes

Source Control Integration

yes

Integrated Debugger

yes

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

yes

Plugin

yes

Snippets

yes

Price

FREE

Supported remote file editing protocols

yes

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

yes

Git

yes

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

yes

Platforms

-

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Windows

Extension language

C/C++; any language able to interface with C code

License

GPL-3.0-or-later

Multi Language Support

Yes

Auto Complete

Yes

Bracket Matching

Yes

Plugin Manager

Built-in

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

FTP; SSH (plug-in)

Column selection

Yes

Collaborative editing

Plug-in

RTL

Yes

Bidi

Yes

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

IBM CUA

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

-

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Platforms

-

Extension language

-

License

-

Multi Language Support

-

Auto Complete

-

Bracket Matching

-

Plugin Manager

-

Code Templates

-

Source Control Integration

-

Integrated Debugger

-

Error Markup

-

Cross Platform

-

Plugin

-

Snippets

-

Price

-

Supported remote file editing protocols

-

Column selection

-

Collaborative editing

-

RTL

-

Bidi

-

Dev platforms

-

Export

-

Preview

-

Unit Testing

-

Git

-

Go To Definition

-

Refactoring

-

Database management

-

Code Analysis

-

Find References

-

Deployment

-

Find Usage

-

Completion

-

Version Control

-

Supported keybinding styles

-

Interactive Console

-

Interactive Debugger

-

Go to Definition

-

Terminal

-

Pros + Cons

Pro
 Extendable through plugins

Visual Studio Code comes fairly complete out of the box, but there are many plugins available to extend its functionality.
Comment

Pro
 It has gotten really good

All it takes is one stop for all the features many people need.
Comment

Pro
 Integrated terminal

There's no need to press alt+tab to go to a terminal: it is directly integrated into the editor.
Comment

Pro
 Fast and powerful

VS-Code has the speed of Sublime and the power of WebStorm. Perhaps this is the best software that Microsoft has ever created.
Comment

Pro
 Huge community behind it

The ease of getting assistance and finding tutorials is increasing as the community grows.
Comment

Pro
 Python support

Excellent Python plugin, originally created by Don Jayamanne, now hired by Microsoft to extend and maintain the extension.
Comment

Pro
 Great performance

For a 'wrapped' web-based application, Visual Studio Code performs very well.
Comment

Pro
 Updated frequently

There's a new release of Visual Studio Code every month. If you are one of the insiders then releases are daily.
Comment

Pro
 Active development

It's really nice to see how the code editor evolves. Every month there is a new version with great communication of new features and changes.
Comment

Pro
 JavaScript IntelliSense support

JavaScript IntelliSense allows Visual Studio Code to provide you with useful hints and auto-completion features while you code.
Comment

Pro
 ESLint integration

ESLint integrates great. You can define your rules trough .eslintrc.* as usual and vs code will autofix your code on save. So your code is always in style.
Comment

Pro
 Integrated debugging 

VSC includes debugging tools for Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
Comment

Pro
 TypeScript integration

There is very solid TypeScript integration in Visual Studio Code. Both are developed by Microsoft and VSC itself is written in TypeScript.
Comment

Pro
 Ready to use out of the box

You don't need to configure and add plugins before being productive. However, you can add plugins if needed but for the basics you're well covered.
Comment

Pro
 Embedded Git control

Visual Studio Code has integrated Git control, guaranteeing speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows.
Comment

Pro
 Extendable through plug-ins

Visual Studio Code comes fairly complete out of the box, but there are many plug-ins available to extend its functionality.
Comment

Con
 Slow launch time

Slower than it's competitors, e.g. Sublime Text.
Comment

Pro
 Integrated task runners

Task runners display lists of available tasks and performing these tasks is as simple as a click of the mouse.
Comment

Pro
 Inline definition picking and usages finding

These features allow you to have a glance at code without opening it as a whole in a separate tab. Moreover, editing is allowed.
Comment

Pro
 Libre/open source

Released under the MIT License.
Comment

Con
 The autocomplete and code check is not as powerful as the one on WebStorm

Sometimes it doesn't tell you if you made a typo in a method name or if a method is not used and several other important features.
Comment

Pro
 Good support for new Emmet syntax

Comment

Pro
 JS typechecking

It leverages TypeScript compiler functionality to statically type check JS (type inference, JSDoc types) with "javascript.implicitProjectConfig.checkJs": true option.
Comment

Pro
 Extensions (aka plugins) are written in JavaScript

Extensions are written in either Typescript or JavaScript.
Comment

Pro
 High fidelity C# plugin

The Omnisharp plugin is very powerful providing full sln, csproj, and project.json support.
Comment

Pro
 Custom snippets support

Snippets are templates that will insert text for you and adapt it to their context, and in VSC they are highly customizable.
Comment

Pro
 LiveShare -- good live editing

The LiveShare is impressive, you can edit real time as long as you connect it with GitHub.
Comment

Pro
 Support for RTL languages

It supports pretty web rtl languages like arabic languages when most of other editors don't support them.
Comment

Con
 Memory hog

Allegedly, VS Code is "lightweight". Yet, running multiple instances of it at once, you may get many "out of memory" messages from Windows despite 16 GB RAM. (While of course also running other things. The point is the comparison with some other IDEs/editors where running them alongside the same number of other applications doesn't cause Windows to run out of memory)
Comment

Con
 It's Micro$oft

Self-explanatory.
Comment

Con
 A "me too" offering from MS, far behind other well established editors that it attempts to clone

Other IDEs specific to a language often offer better tools for deep programming.
Comment

Con
 Python is not well supported

Comment

Con
 Often confused with Visual Studio

Visual Studio itself is even worse, and VSC keeps getting mixed up with VS, the other version of Microsoft's IDE (especially for C++) and makes this even worse.
Comment

Con
 File search is extremely slow

It's absolutely not possible to use this tool with big projects given how long it takes to search for files.
Comment

Con
 Very bad auto import

Comment

Con
 .sass linting is terrible

Comment

Con
 Not an IDE

It's still a text editor.
Comment

Con
 Project search limits results

Because file search is so slow your results are limited in order to simulate a faster search.
Comment

Con
 Embedded Git isn't powerful enough

You can do nothing but to track changes, stage them and commit. No history, visualization, rebasing or cherry-picking – these things are left to git console or external git client.
Comment

Pro
 Great Java Support

Comment

Pro
 A good editor for test-driven development

IntelliJ IDEA is really easy to work with when it comes to test-driven development in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript.
Comment

Pro
 Great JavaScript support

Comment

Pro
 Markdown support with preview

Comment

Pro
 Supports PHP quite well

Comment

Pro
 Great TypeScript support

Really good support for importing classes, libraries, etc. into a typescript class. Making it easy to do TDD.
Comment

Pro
 Good BASH script support

Comment

Pro
 Angular CLI support

Comment

Con
 Is not free

But it does have a free version (Community Edition).
Comment

Con
 Heavy

Consumes more resources than VSCode etc. But depending on your use-case, it can still be worth it for the benefits you get with this editor.
Comment

Pro
 Made by developers for developers

It can make one more efficient, but also can get one way too used to shortcuts, autocomplete, and easy debugging.
Comment

Con
 Autocomplete does not work while IntelliJ is indexing

But this, in general, is not much of an issue. Usually after npm install, etc.
Comment

Pro
 Free, open source, and cross-platform

NetBeans is a free, GPL-licensed IDE. It can run on any computer with a Java virtual machine. If a computer has a Java virtual machine (JVM), Netbeans can run on it. Netbeans can, therefore, run on a variety of operating systems such as Windows, *nix, and Mac OS. Being open source means that developers can contribute changes to the code to have the IDE better serve them.
Comment

Pro
 You can access source code history

There's a built-in local history that lets you compare code changes and revert to a specific revision. Helpful when source code file accidentally overwritten.
Comment

Pro
 Powerful debugging and performance optimization

Netbeans not only debugs your code, and points out errors but also gives you hints on which sections of your code could be further optimized.
Comment

Pro
 Supports community plugins

NetBeans can be extended beyond the basic tool that you get out of the box through community made custom plugins.
Comment

Pro
 Multiple revision control system integration

Has built-in support for the most popular revision control systems.
Comment

Pro
 Git commits/local diff comparison is best

Git commits/local diff comparison is best
Comment

Con
 Slows down occasionally

The Netbeans IDE is known to take a large memory as compared to other lighter IDE's available on the market. Slowdowns can decrease productivity and cause frustration.
Comment

Con
 Tries to do everything for you and gets it wrong too many times

Sure, this is not a Swiss army knife for everything, but it is good for Java, Javascript, PHP, C and C++.
Comment

Pro
 JUNIT integration

Easy way to create and run unit testing with J Unit.
Comment

Pro
 Gradle Integration

Includes very helpful ways to setup JAVA projects with Gradle.
Comment

Pro
 Refactoring is easy and very productive

Comment

Pro
 Linux terminal inside IDE

You can run Linux terminal inside the IDE.
Comment

Pro
 Lots of easy wizards

For setup, configuring projects and making several tasks.
Comment

Pro
 FTP/SFTP synchronization

Supports synchronization with projects stored remotely through FTP or SFTP.
Comment

Con
 Default website code format is too strict

Sometimes you need to write allowed code that IDE hasn't spected, and it will annoy you filling all your code with suggestions.
Comment

Pro
 Support for remote development

Comment

Pro
 Easy and convenient keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts to write code are successful. These shortcuts can also be customized.
Comment

Pro
 Best for PHP, HTML5 Apps Developemt

Great JavaScript support as well.
Comment

Pro
 Frameworks support

Supports Symfony1, Symfony2,Yii2 & Zend frameworks.
Comment

Con
 Development has stalled dramatically

It went down from two releases a year with minor bug-fix releases to one release and no fixes. There seem to be fewer features added per release as well. There is no activity in the plugin community.
Comment

Pro
 Less and Sass Compiler support

Comment

Pro
 Accelerated HTML5 development support

Comment

Pro
 Supports Smarty

Supports Smarty Template Engine right out of the box.
Comment

Pro
 ApiGen and PHPDoc support

Supports documentation generation through ApiGen and PHPDoc.
Comment

Pro
 Bower support

Comment

Pro
 Supports Twig templates

NetBeans provides code completion and documentation for all Twig elements.
Comment

Pro
 PHPUnit support

PHPUnit is a testing framework. You can create test classes, run and see the code coverage directly from IDE interface.
Comment

Pro
 Composer commands inside IDE

The most used composer commands can be done directly from IDE.
Comment

Con
 No code suggestions between " " (string between quotemarks)

For example, it doesn't show any snippets when typing a sql query into PHP code.
Comment

Con
 No terminal for Windows

If it had a Windows terminal without installing CGI tools, it would be very convenient.
Comment

Pro
 ApiGen support

ApiGen allows automatically generating documentation from specifically formatted comments. It's easy to use, supports traits, allows fuzzy searching for classes and highlighting docblocks using Markdown.
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 Can set up keymapping

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 Can never outgrow it

The fact that very few, if any, people claim to be a "Vim Master" is a testament to the breadth and depth of Vim. There is always something new to learn - a new, perhaps more efficient, way to use it. This prevents Vim from ever feeling stale. It's always fresh.
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 Excellent performance

As it loads the whole file into RAM, replacing all string occurrences in 100 MB+ files is quick and easy. Every other editor has sort of died during that. It is extremely fast even for cold start. Vim is light-weight and very compact. In terminal, it only uses a small amount of memory and anytime you invoke Vim, it's extremely fast. It's immediate, so much so you can't even notice any time lag.
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 Once learned, it's very hard to forget

Vim's somewhat steep learning curve is more than made up for once you've mastered a few basic concepts and learned the tricks that allow you to program faster with fewer cut/paste mistakes.
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 Lightweight and fast

When compared to modern graphical editors like Atom and Brackets (which have underlying HTML5 engines, browsers, Node, etc.), Vim uses a sliver of the system's memory and it loads instantly, all the while delivering the same features. Vim is also faster than Emacs.
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 Extremely portable

Vi/vim exists on almost all Unix-like platforms. It's the de-facto Unix editor and is easily installed on Windows. All you need to make it work is a text-based connection, so it works well for remote machines with slow connections, or when you're too lazy to set up a VNC/Remote Desktop connection.
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 Usable from a Terminal or with a GUI (GVim, MacVim)

If you happen to be logged into SSH, you can use Vim in a terminal. It can also run with a GUI too.
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 Tons of plugins/add-ons

This makes Vim the definitive resource for every environment (Ruby/Rails, Python, C, etc.), or simply just provides more information in your view.
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 Multiple clipboards

It is called "registers".
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 Difficult learning curve

You'll spend a lot of time learning all the commands and modes supported in Vim. You'll then spend more time tuning settings to your needs. Although once it's tuned to your needs, you can take your .vimrc to any machine you need and have the same experience across all your computers.
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 Works in terminal over SSH

Unlike other editors such as Sublime Text, Vim is a command line editor and hence can be used in remote development environments like Chromebooks via SSH.
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 High effort to customize

A lot of time and effort is put in to make it specific to your needs.
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 Difficult to copy, paste, and delete

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 Consume brain energy for editing that should be used for logic

Text editing in vim is awesome, but it requires thinking about combination of commands. In other editors, you don't have to think about how to delete this part of code. You just think about how to implement a feature, what is a good design for this code. Even after you get used to using vim, it still requires your brain for editing.
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 Everything is mnemonic

No need to memorize different key combinations for things like deleting the text inside of a block or deleting the text inside of a pair of quotes. It's just a series of actions, or nouns and verbs, or however you prefer to think about it. If you want to delete, you select "d"; if you want it to happen inside something, you select "i"; and if you want the surrounding double-quotes, just select ". But if you were changing the text, or copying it, or anything else, you'd still use the same "i" and ". This makes it very easy to remember a large number of different extremely useful commands, without the effort it takes to remember all of the Emacs "magic incantations", for example.
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 Vimtutor

Vimtutor is an excellent interactive tutorial for people with no prior experience of Vim. It takes about 30 minutes to complete.
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 Keyboard-based, mouse-free interface, and trackpad support

There's no need to reach for the mouse or the Ctrl/Alt buttons again. Everything is a mere key press or two away with almost 200 functions specifically for text editing. Vim does support the mouse, but it's designed so you don't have to use it for greater efficiency. Versions of Vim, like gVim or MacVim, still allow you to use the mouse and familiar platform shortcuts. That can help ease the learning curve and you'll probably find you won't want to (or need to) use the mouse after a while.
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 Has been supported for a long time and will be supported for many years to come

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 Amazing extensibility

Vimscript provides a rich scripting functionality to build upon the core of Vim. When combined with things like the Vundle Plgin manager, it become astonishingly easy to make it do what you want
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 By default in Linux

All Linux distributions out there will have Vim built into them, which is highly convenient!
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 Requires Brain Mode Switching

When editing in vim, you have you use the vim keys; when editing in every other window on your PC, or in Word or Excel or other application, you need to use the standard system key combinations. Learning the vim combinations can actually make you SLOWER at everything else.
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 Doesn't play nice with the system cut/paste mechanisms

This can be worked around somewhat if you disable mouse for insert mode. You can then right-click your terminal and use paste like you would anywhere else in a terminal. But it still doesn't feel right when the rest of your system uses Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V, and you have a system clipboard manager, and so forth.
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 Poor support for external tooling

Many plugins depend on optional Python and Lua features, which may or may not be included in whatever binaries are available for your system. And without platform-specific hacks, it is difficult for plugins to operate in the background or use external tooling.
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 Works poorly out of the box with right-to-left

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 Modal editing

Has a clean split between editing text (Insert Mode) and the other functions of the editor.
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 Extensibility isn't that great

While it has gotten better and some projects are slowly starting to build proper extension support, it still can't and by design never will achieve the extensibility of another editor like emacs.
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 Outdated UI

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 Great productivity

Vim's keyset is mainly restricted to the alphanumeric keys and the escape key. This is an enduring relic of its teletype heritage, but has the effect of making most of Vim's functionality accessible without frequent awkward finger reaches.
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 Free and open-source software

Vim is open-source, GPL-compatible charityware.
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 Useful undo features

Vim does not only offer unlimited undo levels, later releases support an undo tree. It eventually gives the editor VCS-like features. You can undo the current file to any point in the past, even if a change was already undone again. Another neat feature is persistent undo, which enables to undo changes after the file was closed and reopened again.
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 If you can use Vim you can also use vi

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 Has multiple distinct editing modes

Interaction with Vim is centered around several "modes", where purpose and keybindings differ in each. Insert mode is for entering text. This mode most resembles traditional text entry in most editors. Normal mode (the default) is entered by hitting ESC and converts all keybindings to center around movement within the file, search, pane selection, etc. Command mode is entered by hitting ":" in Normal mode and allows you to execute Vim commands and scripts similar in fashion to a shell. Visual mode is for selecting lines, blocks, and characters of code. Those are the major modes, and several more exist depending on what one defines as a "mode" in Vim.
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 Vim encourages discipline

If you use Vim long enough, it will rewire your brain to be more efficient.
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 Macros increase productivity

Many text editors have programmable macros, but since Vim is keyboard-based, your programmed macros are usually far more predictable and easier to understand.
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 No smooth scrolling

Even with the GUI version, the lines jiggle line-by-line. If you are used to smooth scrolling, this is very annoying, especially when working with larger files.
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 Free and open source

Atom is free, open source, and written in Javascript, LESS, and CoffeeScript.
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 Extensive list of packages

Atom has a built-in package manager and an extensive list of packages. Packages are written in CoffeeScript.
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 Themes

You can theme and customize Atom to your liking.
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 It's extendable

Due to its modular design, almost any aspect of the editor can be changed. Even seemingly core packages, like those taking care of search and replace functionality, can be forked on GitHub and changed and replaced in the editor. The documentation for creating new plugins is also great, making it easier for developers to jump in and create plugins for Atom.
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 Built-in package management

Atom was built from the ground up with the community in mind. Package management is, therefore, a first-class feature.
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 Modern feel and very customizable and extendable

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 Nice dark mode

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 Beginner friendly

One of the goals of Atom is to be a text editor for both experienced and beginner programmers. You can add keyboard shortcuts, change themes, install plugins, and change core settings by clicking through a GUI, or by manually editing config files the old-fashioned way. It has the added advantage of being built using the same engine that powers Google Chrome, so actions like opening and closing tabs feel familiar, even to new or non-programmers.
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 High memory usage

Atom has a relatively high memory usage, especially when compared to some other text editors not based on Electron. For those who develop on the go, this also tends to mean shorter battery life.
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 Embedded Git control

Atom will highlight folders, files, and lines that have any uncommitted edits made. It also integrates really well with GitHub.
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 Very long startup time

Atom is very slow to startup, which is a big disadvantage if you are accustomed to using it to make quick changes on your files.
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 Multi-line select and edit

Multiple cursors and column selection allow for versatile ways of editing. ctrl + d will select the current word and each time the command is repeated, it adds the next occurrence of the word to the selection. ctrl + click or middle-mouse click will place another cursor in the place that's clicked. Cursors can then be controlled together. This also allows for selecting vertically.
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 Multiplatform

Atom can run on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
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 Beginner-friendly

One of the goals of Atom is to be a text editor for both experienced and beginner programmers. You can add keyboard shortcuts, change themes, install plugins, and change core settings by clicking through a GUI, or by manually editing config files the old-fashioned way. It has the added advantage of being built using the same engine that powers Google Chrome, so actions like opening and closing tabs feel familiar, even to new or non-programmers.
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 Command line integration out of the box

Installing Atom adds two command line commands - atom and apm. The first one runs the application itself while the second is the Atom Package Manager that's used to add and remove various components from the package listing. While these features can be set up with other editors as well, Atom takes care of them out of the box.
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 Could also used as an IDE

Atom qualifies to be a good IDE because of the packages like linters, atom browser and hydrogen
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 Best support for Arduino with Platformio

Arduino is the most important platform for developing embedded systems.
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 Vim plugin turns Atom into a modernized vim

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 HiDPI support

Atom has built-in HiDPI support with zero scaling issues.
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 Allows for instant file switching

By pressing Ctrl or Command + T and using fuzzy search, you can look for a file in your project.
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 Command Palette support

The Command Palette permits fuzzy searching all available functions, settings, snippets, etc.
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 It has difficulty with large text files

Tends to crash or hang with large >(10MB) text files, making it less useful as a general text editor.
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 Has problems with find and replace in mid to large projects

Running a find and replace can run into a hard limit at 20 files.
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 Extendable

Due to its modular design, almost any aspect of the editor can be changed. Even seemingly core packages, like those taking care of search and replace functionality, can be forked on GitHub, and changed and replaced in the editor. The documentation for creating new plugins is also great, making it easier for developers to jump in and create plugins for Atom.
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 Cross-platform

tom can run on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
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 Very slow startup time

Atom is very slow to startup, which is a big disadvantage if you are accustomed to using it to make quick changes on your files.
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 Only preliminary support for Windows

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 Works with no problems only on Linux

KDevelop is an IDE for the KDE platform. Even though it's cross-platform, it's mostly targeted at Linux systems and the versions for other operating systems are highly experimental.
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 Excellent syntax highlighting

Kdevelop has very smart syntax and semantic syntax highlighting.
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 Excellent search tools

Especially the "find in path" feature that displays both results and file preview!
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 Code Refactoring

Quickly rename classes, methods, and variables used across multiple files in the project.
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 Integrated Git GUI support

Allows users to manage their repositories directly from the IDE with a GUI which lets you do all Git commands.
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 Built-in debugger

Has built in support for Xdebug including remote debugging.
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 Inspections of all kinds

Not just for PHP, HTML and JavaScript, but especially good is SQL inspection and auto-completion of tables and fields. You can see at a glance, that your DB structure is in sync with your code.
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 Intelligent code completion

PhpStorm has two types of autocompletion: structural completion and word expansion. Structural autocompletion makes predictions based on its understanding of PHP, while the latter tries to predict the word currently being typed based on previously typed words. Word expansion also works in comments and docstrings and it's similar to vim's omnicompletion. Both types of autocompletion work extremely well, have little to no problems and are quite fast even when loading suggestions on the go.
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 Free, open source and cross-platform

Brackets is entirely free and open source.
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 Supports only web languages by default <but>

Brackets is built for web development and that's where it excels at out of the box. Other languages that have a CodeMirror mode can be added as well. <and language support plugins can be added>
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 Support for Adobe PSD content

A default extension allows for the extraction of PSD resources, such as images and styles. There's good integration for placing extracted resources into source.
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 Vim mode

Vim-style editing is already built in the text editor.
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 Drag and drop support

Brackets supports drag and drop of text, as well as multi / rectangular selection.
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 Popup previews

Hovering over colors hex codes or image paths will pop up previews of corresponding colors and images.
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 Can be hacked by any front-end developer

The editor is built using html, css, and javascript, making it extendable by any front-end developer.
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 Lightweight

Brackets is easy on memory usage and it starts up quickly.
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 Actively developed

Brackets is being actively maintained and developed.
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 Can style a tag without switching over to the stylesheet

A feature called "Quick Edit" allows the user to select a tag in (a html file, for example) and edit the associated style without switching over to the css document. It also supports SASS and LESS pre-processors.
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 Built-in extension manager

The functionality of Brackets can be extended via a simple-to-use extension manager. The extension manager also has a considerable number of extensions and themes.
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 Built-in browser live-updating

Brackets will automatically refresh the browser and load the latest saved version of a file open in the browser. This works with php as well. Editing a css will even highlight the tag that's currently being worked on. However, it only works with Chrome.
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 Slow

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 Problematic updater

Though the website says there is an update available, the updater in Brackets may give you an error, resulting in you having to download updates manually.
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 Still missing some elementary text editor commands

Some gaps have to be filled by plugins, while these features should be built in. For example: Jump to matching brace (bracket / parenthesis); Gutter selection of lines; Recall previous searches / replacements; Autofill of search field with text under caret (text has to be selected); Show whitespace / end of lines / indentation guides / right margin; Selection to upper / lower case; and some more.
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 Very fast

Sublime is quick to start and never slows down. The UI is always responsive and you know what is happening in the background.
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 Beginner-friendly

When you start using Sublime Text, it doesn't drown you in keyboard shortcuts or non-intuitive use-concepts. However, high-level functionality can still be easily accessed when the need for it arises.
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 Highly Theme-able

Create your own theme with online editor.
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 Portable settings

Settings are modular and can be shared.
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 Multiple languages are supported

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 Freemium

A Sublime license can be bought but it can still be used for free. However, a pop-up appears when you save multiple times.
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 Installable package manager

The package manager is a plugin and can be swapped with something else custom.
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 Has tons of plugins available

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 Fully customizable

Sublime Text allows for all sorts of customization to help users change almost everything in the editor: Key Bindings, Menus, Snippets, Macros, Completions, and many more. Essentially, just about everything in Sublime Text is customizable with simple JSON files. This system gives the user flexibility as settings can be specified on a per-file type and per-project basis.
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 Lightweight

Sublime Text is very lightweight by default. Customization occurs on the fly thanks to Package Control.
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 Free for students

With a university email, Rider can be obtained for free.
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 Excellent UI, Features beyond Visual Studio (File Layout just one example)

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 Version control integration

Intellij plugins for Git, Mercurial, and TFS plus Local History of files.
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 Cross-platform

As well as running and debugging multiple runtimes, Project Rider itself runs on multiple platforms. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
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 Fast performant

Rider has everything you want from a serious IDE, but without the bloat. This results in significantly fast performance in day to day operations.
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 Superior "quality of life" features

Extremely good at filling in all the mindless boilerplate type code while you stay productive.
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 Relatively young project

Some bugs are to be expected since it's still a relatively young project.
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 Not free

Project Rider has a trial version available, but is not free.
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 Rectangular cut and paste

Emacs can select rectangularly.
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 Keyboard-focused, mouse-free editing

Emacs can be controlled entirely with the keyboard. While true, I often find the mouse and menus handy for those lesser-used commands. An aide-memoir.
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 UI can be confusing

There's an overly abundant presence of menus, this forces you to constantly click around the different menu structures; foreign ideas, like Views and Perspectives; strange menu choices, like configure settings located in Windows menu->Preferences.
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 Tends to be slow and lags a lot

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 Large selection of plugins

Eclipse has a large and active community, which has resulted in a wide variety of plugins.
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 Highly customizable

Thanks to the large variety of plugins and various configuration options, Eclipse is very customizable.
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 Great debugger

Shows threads, concurrency locks, and conditional breakpoints.
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 Free and open source

Eclipse is an open source project and free to use.
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 Faster than any other Java IDE

Fast, suitable for big projects, customizable, supports UML, many programming languages, plugins, and widgets vs NetBeans and JDeveloper. Support for Workspaces and Perspectives. Long term tested, free of charge, vs IntelliJ IDEA.
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 Multiple languages - one IDE

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 Fast compiler

Eclipse uses a custom compiler (which can also be used outside of Eclipse), which is often faster than the normal Java Compiler, especially for incremental compilation.
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 Good font rendering

Because Eclipse is based on SWT, it uses the native font rendering and thus looks better than other IDEs on some Linux systems, where the Java font rendering is not optimal.
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 Good refactoring tools

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 Gives good perspectives on your project

The concept of perspectives is outstanding. It puts right tools at your fingertips, keeping the tools you currently don't need out from the workbench. For example, in VCS perspective it's all about versions and branches. In debug perspective it's all about state. In java ee project it can show http endpoints in a very accessible manner.
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 Sophisticated autocompletion 

PyCharm includes sophisticated heuristics for determining what each variable type is and providing autocompletion suggestions for them.
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 Excellent refactoring support 

There are many refactoring options including renaming and changing signature across entire projects. It also includes the an ability to preview changes before committing and exclude anything unwanted.
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 Python Package management

A very quick way to download and activate a python package quickly in your local environment.
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 Plugins

Pycharm has many good plugins.
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 Memory-hungry

Can use a lot of memory (several GBs), especially when dealing with large projects.
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 Excellent debugger 

PyCharm can leverage run-time information when running your application with the built-in debugger to figure out what types can possibly be passed to which functions, etc.
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 Plugins

Pycharm has many good plugins
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 Portable

You can get a portable version of N++ and put it on a flash drive or your dropbox account and have your editor, configured the way you like, at any computer that you are on.
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 Free under GPL

Notepad++ is licensed under GPL, which means it is free/open source software that you can use freely.
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 Syntax highlighting for a wide variety of languages

Notepad++ has built-in support for syntax highlighting for a wide selection of programming languages.
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 Windows-only

While it can run in Wine, it is native only to Windows. Linux users will have to use Notepadqq instead.
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 Best autocomplete for many popular languages

Codelobster IDE has best autocomplete for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and many other popular languages.
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