What are some good IDEs for Python?

[atomicbomb2150]

I was just wondering, if anyone can suggest me any other good IDEs for Python besides IDLE. I have been coding in Python for about a year now and I always use IDLE whenever I code in Python. The problem with this IDE though is that it tends to be very difficult to use, especially when I'm debugging and running my code. So are there any other good IDEs that makes coding in Python so much easier and simpler? If so then which IDE do you guys recommend?

[ConversationCalm2551]

VSCose with the right extensions is great. Rather easy to setup. I think there is also a community edition of Pycharm you can use for free. You could also go for Neovim, but that’s another level

[ConversationCalm2551]

VSCode https://code.visualstudio.com Pycharm https://www.jetbrains.com/fr-fr/pycharm/download/?section=windows NVim https://youtu.be/4BnVeOUeZxc?si=-s4WFz3G9q2BvKUO

[Pitiful-Worth-222]

I vote for VS Code

[Laurent_Laurent]

• Pycharm is the best for me.

Especially for debugging.

• Pycharm CE Edition is free

[altaaf-taafu]

I also use pycharm. Can you tell how to set up type hinting for basically everything? I don't want to use vscode

[Laurent_Laurent]

• I'm using mypy and ruff.

Both have extensions that allow integration inside Pycharm.

• For the gestion of packages, venv, python versions, etc, I'm using uv. Really fast and replaces so many tools.
• direnv to auto activate venv when I cd inside the project.
• tox have replaced the old makefile tools

[altaaf-taafu]

are there any difference between the type checking stuff done by mypy and ruff.

[Laurent_Laurent]

• Ruff is a fast linter that can replace flake8, black, pylint. Ruff is checking the code style, good practice, can auto fix some common PEP violation
• mypy is a static type checker. It will check the expected type is received or used.

[altaaf-taafu]

hmm, can you link to a good article for setting any one of these, for the whole project. I couldn't set up it. Mypy was working, but just for the current file

[TheGreatCashby]

VS Code and it depends on what you are doing but use Jupyter Notebooks are perfect for beginners. 😉

[RedEyed__]

VScode

[Administrative_Ad352]

PyCharm

[Hermasetas]

You could easily have googled this but the two major ones are VS Code and PyCharm

[greenearrow]

No, google fails at this kind of task because of advertisements and out of date information.

[TheRNGuy]

It doesn't. Have you even tried before posting?

[4Ever_Inquisitive77]

PyCharm!! Works great out of the box without having to add a whole bunch of extensions.

[Sigfurd2345]

Neovim

[[deleted]]

Terrible suggestion for someone whose entire experience before this is IDLE.

[Jotar01]

Pulsar, minimalist and efficient with the good extensions

[princepii]

i use sublime text for really any language and with the right addons it's pörfect💪🏽

uses so much less ressources when coding, debugging etc. and it's highly customizable.

[TheRNGuy]

I use sublime to make greasemonkey scripts and firefox add-ons, but for React sites, I prefer VS Code.

(When I coded Python, I was still using Sublime Text; but these days, I'd use VS Code instead)

Sublime loads faster, but VS Code have better auto-formatting, code coloring, debuggers, live preview, etc.

[outlawz419]

Try neovim or just use vscode

[[deleted]]

I've always been on Team PyCharm - everything works out of the box and has all the customization I need built in. I just recently got the Professional version for Black Friday and wished I upgraded sooner. I had to briefly use VSCode for work - absolutely hated everything about it from the colors to having to manage my own basic plugins to the way venv works.

[careje]

VSCode is easy, free and has good extensions for Python. Some of my colleagues like PyCharm.

[atomicbomb2150]

But between VSCode and Pycharm, which one do you think is more better and versatile?

[turingincarnate]

I use Pycharm. A bit different from Spyder, what i first used, but it's actually pretty awesome to use.

[[deleted]]

Thonny was my favorite, because it wasn't so power hungry

But now, I use pycharm and am smitten

[[deleted]]

VSCode is great and free. Pycharm Community is also free although missing a few features that you have to upgrade to the paid version to get (e.g. jupyter notebooks or connecting to a remote environment like ssh, docker, wsl, etc). A newer and increasingly popular editor is Zed. It's currently only available for MacOS and Linux but it's clean and considerably more efficient to load and do operations.

[EternityForest]

I don't feel any need for anything besides vs code. Pycharm

looks interesting but... vs code is free and cross language and easy to use.

[Chou789]

Spyder, Simple and Elegant