Gartner Says IDEs Will Be Optional by 2027. Here’s What Replaces Them

Gartner’s prediction is not about editors disappearing. It is about where governance, validation, and control move as agentic coding becomes more common. Gartner predicts a shift in how engineering teams work. By 2027, over 65% of engineering teams using agentic coding will treat integrated development environments (IDEs) as optional. That doesn’t mean code editors will […]