I hate Eclipse. And Visual Editor. And everything else “free”.
Despite what people say/think, Microsoft stuff is actually extremely simple/easy to use, intuitive, supports so many options that you can never use all of them, has detailed documentation, etc.
Who cares if Eclipse/Linux/[insert your favourite FOSS here] is free and open source? Nothing beats the ease of use of good ol’ Microsoft software, be it Windows, Visual Studio or Minesweeper.
Of course, ease of use comes at a price, but what’s a few grand (or free if you can find it on MSAA 
compared to the hours and hours spent agonizing over dependencies, hopelessly useless and outdated documentation, and downloads that JUST DON’T WORK
gnite