>One reason is because it supports multiple languages and frameworks. Not just .NET.
You do know that visual studio has been supporting multiple languages well before there even was a .net? It still continues to do so.
Re:Visual Studio 2013
by edwinnathaniel on Thursday November 21, 2013 @12:48PM
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vbscript? vba? visual-basic?
I only recalled it supported C/C++ (maybe ASM?) and VB derivatives.
Eclipse is also gold standard in my book because the ecosystem around it is way much better than VS.