<p>I'm a big fan of <strong>emacs</strong>, since I do a lot of coding in different languages and environments. What I appreciate most, is the fact that I only need one instance of emacs for <strong>everything</strong>.</p> <p>I currently work in a small development team where everyone is using a different text editor. After having defined coding guidelines and editor styles (whitespaces, tabs, ...), we had no problems whatsoever.</p> <p>In my opinion, there is no such thing as a "best text editor". As Ron already mentioned, use what works best for you. Furthermore, try them all! :)</p>