El primero el IDE de Turbo Pascal, luego C y C , luego block de notas para java y compilando javaw, NetBeans, eclipse.
Luego de una buena para de 8 años me encontré con brackets, sublime text, Astro, vscode(actual)
The idea of paying for IDEs like intelliJ was always dumb. The benefit above something free like Netbeans was always questionable. But code assist from things like Codex is obviously worth it.
Crikey all of these modern editors and IDEs...
I did use MS Visual Studio 4 student edition for a bit then Netbeans, Eclipse at one point.
Neovim nowadays
VS Code is a marketing tool.
NetBeans probably has a licensing model, but it's mostly a marketing tool/part of the Java package.
Eclipse is run by a foundation and lives off sponsorships.
IntelliJ, PyCharm, and the rest of the JetBrains tooling have a licensing model.