&gt; I kept thinking it&#x27;s just one IDE, and others are better, thinking about IntelliJ. Heh.<p>I usually don&#x27;t endorse a product or service (different tools for different tasks and different people etc) but at least try out IntelliJ. I&#x27;m pretty sure there is a reason why Google decided to dump Eclipse in favor of IntelliJ as their officially supported IDE.<p>You may be able to crank out code faster using vi and&#x2F;or emacs - but an IDE will be more advanced to tell you mistakes that could mean a world of difference. You don&#x27;t know how many times I&#x27;ve seen people make simple mistakes writing PHP with vi that could have easily been avoided using an IDE.