Quality engineering work demands working with various tools, and the right set of tools tends to make the engineer’s job extremely efficient and productive. An IDE ranks among the top in helping engineers write and deploy high-quality code with speed and reliability. Before getting into the nitty-gritty of an IDE, let us try to understand what makes them so powerful. Apart from IDEs, some programmers prefer using text editors for writing code, and they are nothing more than tools that help edit text. Programmers regularly spend an enormous amount of time dealing with formatting and syntax details. There are text editors that come with syntax highlighting and color-coding that make their lives easier. These are usually apt for an experienced programmer. An IDE is a powerful tool that provides debugging, build management, and IntelliSensing features. It helps the programmer get up and running with a complex project really quickly. There is usually some learning curve...