When I was new at linux, I used nano and vs code; mostly because I don't want to learn the shortcut / keybind.
Started ricing with XFCE, tried to use keybind as much as possible and as minimalist as possible; that's where I slowly dip my toes into WMs.
SwayWM was my first WM and I don't think I'll ever switch other than that, that's also how I discovered vim; it was difficult at first but I got used to it very fast.
John cena