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I object the "VS" is the best IDE statement. For C#, maybe that is true. But I used Intellij IDEA and VS. VS still looks like glorified notepad against IDEA. I think most developers are living under their language bubble. Also, unlike ruby-python, C# and Java are IDE languages. You cannot program without one.

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So very true, IntelliJ IDEA is miles ahead of any other IDE I've ever used (including VS). For Java development, I started out with NetBeans, then switched to Eclipse and finally to IntelliJ.

Recentely JetBrains has also released IDEs for Ruby/Rails (RubyMine) and Python/Django (PyCharm). It will be interesting to see if they gain any momentum within their respective communties.

Have you used Resharper with Visual Studio? Made by Jetbrains who make Intellij, it brings a lot of the same refactorings and other features across. No serious .NET developer should be without it, though Visual Studio 2010 has added a lot of new features that previously were only available through Resharper.

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