Not just easier, but less cognitive load. You are still learning a ton about programming (we all are, but). You also hopefully have a life outside of programming. JetBrains (and others) allow you to easily learn the IDE along the way, but also can help with good practices. That is worth a lot of valuable time.
Okay. Thank you.
Half of the IDE is tips called inspections. It's like having a machine pair program with you. This will get you unstuck faster and teach you good habits.
Very true. I assume this would not be possible in, say, Emacs.