In school I used to use basic text editor (notepad, plugin-less vim, etc) when learning a new language but realized that lot of time is lost for trivial errors (missing semicolon, typo, etc) and wonder if using IDE could be more beneficial in this case. In addition IDE usually comes with easy access to documentation that facilitates code discovery.

At the same time using a basic text editor forces us to really understand and master a language syntax.

What text editor do you prefer when learning a new language?