Might also try them over here.
https://forums.asp.net/
https://forums.iis.net/
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Understand there are always many factors to consider. What is the number one reason you like your favorite IDE?
Might also try them over here.
https://forums.asp.net/
https://forums.iis.net/
--please don't forget to Accept as answer if the reply is helpful--
Answer to such questions would be very much "opinionated" as the number one reason is largely subjective to individual. If you have to choose 1st party Microsoft IDE, Visual Studio family is the only option where you can go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ , choose the options it asks and it will recommend the right download and tutorials.
For example:
Since Azure is MS technology their IDEs are natively integrated with Azure. So we use Visual Studio for backend development and Visual Studio Code for SPFx development. E.g. in Visual Studio there are native project templates like Azure functions where you may start development of Azure functions with minimal efforts. If you develop for Azure notification hubs there is Azure server explorer which allows to monitor push notifications registrations, etc.