It's a matter of taste whether you find the Arduino IDE great, or at least you can live with it. Find out yourself, examples for all libraries are included. And understand that "sketch" is only a buzzword for a program. And the created code is not optimal, there are many expensive tricks used with e.g. unified pin numbers.
If you prefer full control over compilation and build process, stay with the AVR Studio. Arduino and Studio use different libraries, you should decide which one to use before starting your first big project.
Just my 0.02€