[tracker1]

I have to agree here... When I've had to fall into using a debugger pragmatically VS integration is probably the best experience I've had (eclipse, intellij etc don't compare).

That said, having been working a lot with node/iojs modules the past few years, I find that experience even better. I'm pretty sure others who are using scripted languages with a REPL can probably state the same. Running in an environment where you can jump in anywhere, call a particular script and replace variables for testing is a powerful experience.

I don't mean to start a scripted vs. compiled war... they both have their place. Just mentioning because people will reach for a compiler for things that could be much simpler with a scripted environment more often than not.

[HanyouHottie]

Your language doesn't need to be interpreted to have a REPL. Haskell has a REPL. The Immediate window in Visual Studio is essentially a REPL for all .NET languages (so you get that and the VS debugger together, win/win).

[lloeki]

> having been working a lot with node/iojs modules the past few years, I find that experience even better. I'm pretty sure others who are using scripted languages with a REPL can probably state the same

In Ruby-land, the pry gem called on a binding (binding.pry) is a godsend.