Question: Just starting to learn linux and I have an Amazon EC2 server running Ubuntu 11.10. I'm trying to learn node.js and get a simple game server up and running. My home machine is Windows 7 so I'm using PuTTy to SSH into my EC2 server. I was wondering what IDE would you guys recommend?

* I like NetBeans a lot and this is my preferred IDE for php, but there is no node.js project type and little support via plugins.
* I'm not a big fan of Eclipse since it seems more complicated than it needs to be - but if that's the best I'll use it - currently I have Eclipse for PHP Developers (Helios) and Indigo - which would be best? Do the versions really matter?

Answer: 
WebStorm is a paired down version of InteliJ that focusses just on Javascript rather than Java, went through a dozen IDE's and text editors until I came across it - integrates with the Node server to enable breakpoints, debugging, etc. Only $49 for a personal version.

<http://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/>
You can try Microsoft WebMatrix a tool from Microsoft. You can find further details @ <http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/>