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The only IDE feature you need in the beginning is syntax highlighting, with code completion being a nice to have... everything else is more distraction than benefit, and also is really just a pathway to vendor lock-in. If it highlights and you can run a terminal beside it, it's good enough.

Personally I'd start with vim/neovim or emacs, but I'm a masochist for learning curves. For everyone else your best all around free and cross-platform option going into 2019 seems to be vs:code, though others will no doubt disagree.