Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Website: https://code.visualstudio.com/

Best for: code editing, GitLab integration

Strengths:

• Extremely popular
• Vast number of extensions, including an official GitLab extension
• Language server protocol (LSP) was designed for vscode

A powerful editor, suitable for all kinds of editing, with a shallow learning curve. The LSP system was designed for vscode, so vscode has excellent support for this transformational technology.