quick questions about Xfce vs Cinnamon

[past glacier]

i would like to know if i should use Xfce or Cinnamon as a portable linux in my pendrive for programming but does Xfce comes with all library programs and programming language as cinnamon by default? but being visually simpler and light wheighted?

[serene surge]

you can see what anything comes with by going to distrowatch.org and looking up the distribution by name. All the main software is listed regardless of desktop environment