This video is a look at the currently under development tools of the trade for programmers, specifically code editors, terminal based editors and IDEs.  In this video we cover over 40 such tools.  So, if you are a programmer on the lookout for a new editor, hopefully you will find one here.  If I missed one, let me know and I will add it to the list.

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Timeline:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 --- Terminal Based Editors ---
0:31 Emacs
1:18 Vi/Vim
2:00 Nano
2:40 Neovim
3:31 Helix
4:04 Micro
4:10 Kakoune
4:43 --- IDEs ---
4:44 Visual Studio
5:43 Xcode
6:54 Qt Creator
7:54 Eclipse
8:43 IntelliJ IDEA
9:43 JetBrains Misc IDEs
10:26 NetBeans
11:12 RAD Studio
12:17 Lazarus
12:52 CodeLite IDE
13:25 KDevelop
14:19 Code::Blocks
15:18 --- Advanced Text Editors ---
15:19 Notepad++
16:13 Sublime Text
16:57 UltraEdit
17:44 BBEdit
18:23 Bluefish
18:44 Kate
19:54 Lite XL
20:00 Geany
20:30 --- Hybrid Editors/IDEs ---
20:31 Visual Studio Code
21:57 VSCodium
22:34 Cursor
23:29 Windsurf (Formerly Codium)
24:12 Trae
24:54 PearAI
25:12 Cline
25:27 Void
25:44 Zed
26:26 Fleet
27:17 Eclipse Theia
28:07 Lapce
28:57 10X C++ Editor
29:38 Atom
30:19 Pulsar
30:38 Outro

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A comprehensive overview of 40+ programming tools across four categories: terminal-based editors (Emacs, Vim, Neovim, Helix), full IDEs (Visual Studio, Xcode, JetBrains suite, Eclipse), powerful text editors (Notepad++, Sublime Text, UltraEdit), and modern hybrid editors (Visual Studio Code and its many forks including Cursor, Windsurf, Zed). The guide covers both free and commercial options, highlighting their strengths, target audiences, and current development status as of 2025.

The Best Code Editors & IDEs in 2025

My personal takes are : 
Java - intelliJ IDEA. 
python - Pycharm / Google colab 
Web development - vscode

There is no best IDE, only a favourite IDE.

Emacs isn’t terminal based. Is a GUI. It does support a terminal mode but natively it is a gui