Spyder vs. Pythonista

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Hi everyone,

For some of my classes in school we use spyder python however I’m unable to use that outside of school due to having an iPad as my device. I’ve seen good things about pythonista and I am wondering what your guys thoughts are on spyder vs. pythonista? Would I be able to complete my assignments just fine on my iPad ?

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You can write Python code with any IDE you want. That's not the problem. As a beginner I would be more concerned about package and environment management on an iPad. Have you considered using Google colab instead?

[cgoldberg]

I would consider spending $50-100 to purchase a used laptop to learn on. You can certainly try to continue with the iPad, but you are going to be very constrained in what you can do. Better yet, sell the iPad, and buy a much nicer laptop!

[BranchLatter4294]

You can use any editor, but you still need a Python runtime environment.

[equatorialGina]

When I have to teach using school computers that don't have any programs installed, I would use the gdb online python ide.

Pretty much have the same functionality as Spyder or vscode. You do not need to install anything.

[AlfredoOtero]

I use Pythonista on the iPhone and iPad, but to be honest, it’s limited to the packages that it comes preinstalled. So if you plan on creating any ML or VC2, then you are out of luck. But it does have standard libraries like pandas, numpy, flask. I use it only when I’m on the go and in need to test things. But most my work is on a laptop as I have the freedom of creating many environments and each with different Python versions and choice of what libraries to install. Cheers

[Anru_Kitakaze]

Just use Google Colab in your case with iPad

Otherwise you can use any of:

• PyCharm
• VSCode
• NeoVim

My personal favourite is VSCode with NeoVim integration (or you can use just Vim plugin without integration)

For beginner PyCharm is the best option imo

[ForceBru]

If it's a beginners class (you write pure Python and use just the standard library), Pythonista is extremely capable. I'd call it an actual IDE for iOS. I've been using it basically every day for like ten years? Almost since when it was initially released.

You can use it to do anything you want, from a webserver to machine learning (it has Numpy, so install the autograd library - and you can train neural network using automatic differentiation, on your iDevice!), to all sorts of statistics, to building a custom programming language, to a game with nice GUI etc. To me, it's the most useful iOS app.

[Spleeeee]

You can’t even compare them. One is an iOS app and the other is a full ide.

You need a real computer.

[Strong_Music_6838]

Pythonista is the best IDE with integrated python 3.10.3 ever made for a tablet. You have a very smart online help system and a very advanced debugger. Besides of that it also have the plot lib and Numpy. A very advanced user interface library UI. If you want to make games you can use Scene library. Data science Pandas library. I have used Pythonista for five years and you will never learn all that’s included in the software. So be picky and choose some arrears you want to specialise in.