No, the best ones are the ones with which you're most productive with. I'm running Vim / IntelliJ Idea all day long for last few years and wouldn't ever get ri

No, the best ones are the ones with which you're most productive with. I'm running Vim / IntelliJ Idea all day long for last few years and wouldn't ever get rid of one or the other. You can use a plugin to have some Vim-like capabilities in idea, but then - when it comes to working with text files (not project files) / ssh / work on remote servers, Vim is my tool to go. If Notepad or Visual Studio works the same way for you, then you should be happy that you found a tool that works - price has nothing to do with the quality of the tool and quality of the tool has nothing to do with how productive you are when you're using it.