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For me, it's:

* Automated type-based code navigation: go to definition, find all uses, etc.

* Auto-complete: Personally, I prefer simple auto-complete based on static analysis over AI "hope for the best"-style auto-complete.

* Debugger with all the bells and whistles: Step in and out, inspect variables, modify variables, breakpoints, conditional breakpoints, etc.

* Automated refactoring: Rename, etc.

Most text editors can do most of those, but I find that good debugger integration is rare outside of a dedicated IDE.



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