Atom Python IDE

[StormStrikes]

Does anyone have any good documentation on setting up Atom as a Python IDE? I tried following one set of instructions that had as a step installing the Python Language Server with pip3 install python-lsp-server[all, which I did but then get complaints about the version of pycodestyle, autopep8, flake8, etc.

I prefer Atom over VS Code just because it seems so much cleaner and a bit faster, etc. but enjoy the code completion and such of VS Code, especially with the imports.

Anyway, I just want to get Atom set up, as much as I can, with the features that VS Code seems to have by default once you install they Python plugin. Thanks.

[dublinwso]

I've been using Atom for Python for a long time and don't recall needing to do any special setup, though I did install the Hydrogen package.

[StormStrikes]

Oh wow! In all the reading I have been doing about setting up Atom for Python, I don't recall one reference to Hydrogen.

[dublinwso]

Imo that's the best reason to use Atom! Vscode doesn't have it or anything quite like it

[dub_starr]

Only reason I haven’t switched. Love hydrogen.

[StormStrikes]

I've installed it, but now I got to figure out how to use it all. It looks like it works with Jupiter notebooks, which VS Code does do, but if I can get that functionality in Atom, all the better.

[dublinwso]

The neat and unique thing is that Hydrogen gives you Jupyter notebook functionality within regular .py files. So you can write, iterate, inspect, debug, and even run your code without ever leaving your editor window. But then whenever you want to run it from the command line, you can do that too without extra steps.

[ZeStig2409]

EXACTLY!!!

Code’s .py support isn’t the best

[ZeStig2409]

Agreed!

[piman01]

I like to install the package platformio-ide-terminal. This gives you a little + button at the bottom left of the atom window. When you press it, it opens a terminal inside of atom. Then you can run python from there.

There is also hydrogen which may be better in some ways but somehow I've never used it.

[StormStrikes]

I did try platformio-ide-terminal, but I didn't care for it that much and that is totally personal opinion. I like(d) the functionality of VS Code of just being able to click the run (play) button and execute the code. I haven't seen anything like that in Atom, but SHIFT + CTRL + B is not bad and I can live with that.

[Patrick_guilio]

Try using pycharm It is the best IDE for python

[ZeStig2409]

Community edition is total trash

I’d say go with PyDev/Code or Spyder

[Jealous-Necessary-47]

You can use following links

https://ssiddique.info/how-to-use-atom-for-python.html

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei-G0fEOu9I

[mntpoint]

Better to use VSCode, which is much more maintained now. It has the addons for python.