If you want to go hardcore, might as well use VIM or EMacs as your IDE. :-D
Either is very versatile and the more you learn them the more you can get out of them. I've been using GVIM for years because it's quick to install and edits anything (and got addicted to its Grep commands). Young whippersnappers seem to prefer Notepad++ though.

Anyway - just pick one tool of each, use them for a while, and then after a few months look around to see if anything fits you better in your programming habits. If not just stick with it (or you'll never get anything done, too distracting).



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