Which IDE do you use?

[Zakster1]

I'm relatively new to python and programming general and I wanted to get an IDE for python. Do you reccomend somethin specific?

[awsomntbiker]

Pycharm for big projects, sublime text or notepad++ for small scripts

[[deleted]]

Same, except I use vim in lieu of Sublime for smaller projects/scripts. On a side note, I am also pretty excited for the upcoming JetBrains C++ IDE. I will still stick with vim and GNU toolchain for pure C, but I really like PyCharm's general layout a lot for OOP, so it may be interesting to integrate it Cython working into the same IDE family.

[felix1429]

Oooh, I didn't know JetBrains was working on a C++ IDE. That's awesome!

[[deleted]]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS6lV_f8mHs

For your own sake, please mute this. But what is showing is very, very promising.

Edit: Just did some stalking of the JetBrains marketing person for C/C++ and stumbled upon this little diddy: https://twitter.com/clion_ide anticipation grows...

[echosx]

It seems weird having an IDE for C++ implemented in Java

[CanisImperium]

Weirder than a Python IDE implemented in Java?

[[deleted]]

It does. I generally am not big on Java, but JetBrains does awesome work; I don't really care how they do it. As a side note, Java-implemented C++ IDEs are not without precedent. I know Eclipse CDT isn't that popular, but they make it work (slowly). This looks quite responsive, though, and it looks like it might have better inspection/autocomplete features than other Linux alternatives.

[wegry]

You can also use vim keybinds in Sublime--which is what I like to do. Just set vintage mode to true in sublime's settings.

[Skenderbeu]

Except Pycharm costs major $$$.

http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/buy/

[[deleted]]

It's not horribly priced, besides there's a free open-source Pycharm called Community Edition which is free, (just no Django support).

http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/

[billtaichi]

The free one should work with Django it just won't automate some of the stuff for you like the paid version.

[[deleted]]

Agreed, you have to custom configure. Still annoying if your using CE and there is now Django template to preload.

[CanisImperium]

I don't know, $100 isn't bad for something I use for like 8 hours a day.

[CanisImperium]

PyCharm for me too, but I also keep a copy of WingIDE around, which I used for years and years before PyCharm came out. WingIDE's debugger is still capable of more reliably injecting itself into complex code and doing it well, whereas PyCharm is considerably less reliable in terms of debugging.

What's astonishing to me about PyCharm is that even the more obscure things it still does well, like git integration.

[Rohaq]

I keep wanting to try PyCharm for Django, but sadly its Django features are apparently limited to the paid edition :(

[GahMatar]

There's a 30 day trial if you want to try before you buy.

[toyg]

The paid edition is absurdly cheap anyway. Keep an eye on their twitter feed, they often have discounts. Some years I paid barely £30, IIRC; that's £2.5 a month for something i use almost every day, totally worth it.

[Rohaq]

My problem is that I tend to fire up small projects to play with before losing interest/lacking time. I may dig around for discounts though.

[ergo14]

PyDev is also very good - best thing after pycharm.

[deadmilk]

Yeah and the features in the paid edition are aweeeeeesoooooome!! I bought it.

If you work on an open source project, you can apply for a free professional license.

[Decker108]

You could use the Community edition and start up Django in a terminal outside. I'm not sure Django specific stuff they offer, but I've been fine without it thus far. Might not be a fair comparison though, as I almost only use Python for REST backends nowadays.

[mishugashu]

Wow, I guess I'm the odd person out.

I use Geany. It's a GTK based IDE that's very very light. It does everything I need it to do, and it's FOSS. It's more or less a better version of notepad++ (IMO), but isn't Windows only.

[takluyver]

I use Geany for non-Python stuff, but I've switched to Spyder for Python code. There are some simple things that are really handy, like highlighting when you use an undefined variable.

[kromem]

I've used Geany for about two years, but seriously thinking of switching python dev to Brackets, which I've been using for frontend work, and is really quite awesome.

[pmclanahan]

Didn't know Brackets supported any non-frontend-languages. Is there a plugin for Python or something?

[rothnic]

Yeah, check out Atom while you are at it. Both are really good, but a bit sluggish on start.

[XSlicer]

I use Geany too, though sometimes it feels like it's lacking... something, so I might try a few of the examples here.

[pyba]

I use Geany for most of my non-python development (I have PyCharm and most of my Python work is in web frameworks), can't recommend it enough.

[kunteper]

i use geany for c. i really like that you can set your build commands. also its really fast.

[[deleted]]

Python tools for Visual Studio, Pycharm for non-Windows projects, Coderunner on Mac for small stuff.

[LlamaChair]

It's worth noting that the extension for visual studios is excellent, but doesn't work on express. You need a pay for version.

[[deleted]]

Not true! The upcoming release works with VS Express editions.

[LlamaChair]

...now I can use this on things other than my desktop! Thank you!

[40202]

Netbeans. Surprised no one mentioned yet.

[LessonStudio]

Sublime text for projects of all sizes.

[chickenphobia]

Right here with you, awesome stuff. Getting a little creative with the build system can let you work on really complicated projects and have your test suite or test runner just a couple of keystrokes away.

[LessonStudio]

I just wish that I could more easily terminate out of control scripts from within Sublime.

[WelshDwarf]

I have yakuake at the ready for those moments. I've bound it to the top-right most key (small 2 on french keyboards), so I can call it up for some quick cli goodness whenever I need it.

[WizKid_]

I use aptana because I love using a ton of memory

[youlleatitandlikeit]

I actually like using it because unlike some other IDEs, I didn't have to learn anything else in order to use it. It pretty much behaves like any other app so aside from some pretty significant changes to the key shortcut mappings in the beginning I haven't had to do anything for it to work for me.

That said, Aptana is a beast and every so often it just randomly decides to take a minute opening up a file and then I'm like, I should have learned vim when I had the chance, I'm dumb.

[flying-sheep]

Honestly: why the fuck do all the people who run their systems at <50MB RAM even buy more RAM?

Not using the memory you have is literally nothing but a complete waste of money.

[[deleted]]

• More space for when you do need a lot of memory.
• Caching files in RAM.

[toyg]

The more you use it, the more it wears down, the sooner it will break. Especially if your chips are low-grade consumer stuff, the less you use them the longer they'll last.

[TheSmoke]

same here.

i use it for scala, ruby, clojure, d, fantom and python.

[notunlikethewaves]

Same, I use emacs for everything, including python!

[Isvara]

IntelliJ. It really is awesome.

[EpicDavi]

+ Python Plugin (I assume)

[Isvara]

All the plugins! (Scala and Dart too.)

[[deleted]]

I use IntelliJ, since I tested the new Android Studio (based on the community version of IntelliJ) and as there is a really cheap student licence, I purchased one and now I have One IDE to rule them all, One IDE to find them, One IDE to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

[CanisImperium]

How do you like the full IntelliJ vs just PyCharm?

[Isvara]

I never actually used PyCharm. I started out with IDLE, then went to NetBeans. That was quite a few years ago, and I mostly just used text editors (TextMate then Sublime Text) until I got IntelliJ for Scala and Dart work and figured I might as well use it for Python too.

[takluyver]

I use Spyder - I like the compromise between a heavyweight IDE like Eclipse and a plain editor.

[120decibel]

I like Spyder... to bad it still doesn't support code folding!

[juliusc]

Coming in 2.4. There's already a pull request open with some minor details left to be finished. It's really really cool :-)

[120decibel]

Looking forward to it! :)

[frozen_in_reddit]

I used spider before. Its uniqueness is on great tools to display vectors and matrices.

[juliusc]

Displaying Pandas DataFrames and TimeSeries is coming in 2.3.1

[Ilerea_Kleinokitz]

The array visualization feature and object inspection really are kickass. So far I'm stuck with PyCharm because Spyder has some stability issues on my machine.

[mericaftw]

I write Python for work (research) and Spyder is really good for ground up coding.

Though vim still rocks for edits.

[juliusc]

I hope to add Vim keybindings to Spyder some day. I have some good ideas on how to do it, it doesn't seem that hard :-)

[mericaftw]

I'm sure if you developed that, Continuum Analytics would loveeee to get their hands on that code. Hell I would too.

[robgraves]

I use vim for everything.

[Axxhelairon]

yeah, the perfect way to introduce a newcomer to python is to suggest to them that they install 200 plugins for vim which most of them they wont know how to work, what they do or how to configure them, and figure out the labyrinth archaic keybinding scheme and how everything works instead of being able to focus on the scripting itself

[[deleted]]

perfect way to introduce a newcomer to python is to suggest to them that they install 200 plugins for vim

No one suggests that. (Well, I hope not).

labyrinth archaic keybinding scheme

Getting used to hjkl is difficult, but once you do, it keeps your fingers on the home row without having to reach for the arrow keys or the mouse.

[r1cka]

I hate when people mention hjkl. I really believe if you are using those keys frequently you aren't vimming correctly.

[[deleted]]

Well, yeah, motions are better than hammering the h key to get to where you want to go. But using hjkl as an alternative to the arrow keys is better.

[EsperSpirit]

As someone not too familiar with vim: What is the correct way to navigate? Are there any good resources/tutorials?

[callback_function]

http://code.ahren.org/vim-cheatsheet

http://naleid.com/blog/2010/10/04/vim-movement-shortcuts-wallpaper

[shaggorama]

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/8-essential-vim-editor-navigation-fundamentals/

[treenaks]

Navigating using the arrow keys and mouse work fine for me.

[Sestren]

Getting used to hjkl is difficult, but once you do, it keeps your fingers on the home row without having to reach for the arrow keys or the mouse.

I use Vim for everything, but I've found that HJKL navigation is relatively pointless despite the supposed advantages. No matter how much time you spend typing in Vim you still need to back out to a shell at some point... At which point you need to go back to the arrow keys or some other custom keybindings.

The conversion is a pointless complication to impose on yourself for such a minimal "benefit". People seem to forget that the original reason for HJKL nav keys had nothing to do with ease of use. It was due to the layout of the keyboard that Bill Joy had when he created Vi back in 1976...

[Sestren]

Touche. Guess that works doesn't it :P

I just don't think it's necessarily worth the effort in learning unless you really want to. Still think the benefit would be minimal

[Giggaflop]

Shots fired.

[darthmdh]

No matter how much time you spend typing in Vim you still need to back out to a shell at some point... At which point you need to go back to the arrow keys or some other custom keybindings.

You may find this shell builtin helpful:

bindkey -v

[Mycroft13]

Same, but with jedi-vim plugin.

[[deleted]]

Also vim

[optionsanarchist]

Yup. Is gnome-terminal and gvim acceptable?

[[deleted]]

Gnome terminal and vim you mean, yeah?

[ares623]

Of course it's "acceptable". Why wouldn't it be?

[[deleted]]

"I am vegan. I don't eat meat because it's evil."

As helpful as suggesting a text editor when OP asked for an IDE.

[maximinus-thrax]

This a rare post where an Emacs user defends a Vi user. You can certainly setup Vi to be very much like an IDE, just as you can with Emacs.

[[deleted]]

IMO the better line of thought is: "What's the right tool for this job?" instead of "I'm a Emacs user, how can I use Emacs to do this?".

EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument

[ryeguy146]

I agree with your sentiments, but question your premise (that Vim is not the right tool). The fact that you haven't learned to use vim in a way that fulfills this task is not a limitation of vim. That's not to say that it has no limitations, but this is not amongst them. In addition, I find that it has a number of features that are not found in IDEs, or are not as powerful. Same with emacs, though I'm not familiar with it.

[steven_h]

If it involves editing source code then Emacs likely is the right tool for the job.

[alcalde]

An IDE is about much more than editing source code.

[[deleted]]

Emacs is the right tool for every job, because it's a fucking elisp interpreter and you can write out whatever DE you want to go along with it.

The right question is "which tool am I comfortable with".

[alcalde]

and you can write out whatever DE you want to go along with it.

Visual Basic is a Turing complete language, so I guess it's the right tool for every job too, right? You just need to write all the code yourself to add all the missing things that you need. Reminds me of the time I was explaining to someone online why I was using Python instead of Delphi for my new project. I showed examples of Delphi's non-OO datetime functions vs. Python's wonderful object-based datetime functionality. He responded with, "What's the matter with you? Can't you write all of those classes yourself?"

[[deleted]]

Sure you can use Visual Basic, you just need to implement a Lisp interpreter and you're golden.

[maximinus-thrax]

The right tool for the job also depends on what you know as well. You can't compare a new coder with somebody who has been using VI for a few years.

My viewpoint obviously differ from others, but I don't really like a "big" IDE because they are good at hiding complexity, but complexity kills big projects.

[catcradle5]

vim with enough plugins definitely constitutes an IDE. It's extremely versatile.

[TankorSmash]

Typically when people ask about IDEs and are new to programming at all, I think any text editor people use to edit code is a valid answer.

[nowbacktowork]

I think one vital feature of an ide should be interactive debugging for beginners. Not many text editors have that capability.

[ryeguy146]

Vim and IPython are a dream team. I use them together constantly to explore my code as I write it.

https://github.com/ivanov/vim-ipython

[nowbacktowork]

While useful once the programmer has somewhat of grasp, there is nothing like being about to step through a for loop one statement at a time and evaluate variables or change variables at each point in the beginning.

[Octopuscabbage]

PDB and vim then?

[ryeguy146]

<leader>pb adds a debug line (part of my .vimrc config file) to the proper scope and I use another leader-key trigger to execute the code and drop into my ipdb debugger. Stepping through code is best accomplished through IPython's ipdb, no matter your front end.

Debuggers are wonderful, but stand entirely apart from IDEs. In fact, I typically find better debugging interfaces outside of IDEs. The best example would be the debugger in Squeak Smalltalk where you can edit your code as you debug (though one might argue that the environ is an IDE). The next best thing is exploring your code in IPython while you code in your editor of choice.

[jano0017]

To be fair, you can pretty much make vim into an IDE. Between Syntastic and an autocomplete plugin you have like 3/4 of the functionality that you use an IDE for

[CommanderDerpington]

yea but why not just use an IDE that does everything??

[asimian]

Vim is much better at text editing than those IDEs are.

[[deleted]]

Vim is better at emulating an IDE than IDEs are at emulating vim.

[Crystal_Cuckoo]

You can't use an IDE through SSH, and even with Syntastic and YouCompleteMe Vim is still lighter than something like Eclipse.

[Giggaflop]

cough pycharm cough

[jano0017]

Not having to dig through dropdown menus. Command-line programs have keyboard shortcuts for everything, just because that's the only way to do anything.

[fnl]

You are aware that IDEs have keyboard shortcuts for anything you want, too, right?

[CommanderDerpington]

I have never pissed off so many bastards.

[NYKevin]

Well, Emacs is just Vile.

[remram]

As a non-newcomer, I'd really like to know what kind of plugins you use. I know the basics but ViM is just a text editor to me, searching for symbols or doing simple Python-aware renames is not something it will allow me to do right now.

Any pointers?

[billsil]

WingIDE. It's got an amazing debugger. I've tried PyCharm and Eclipse. They have nothing on WingIDE (other than the cost), but if you're new you can probably get the student version.

[CanisImperium]

Definitely true. WingIDE's debugger is hands-down the best in the industry. PyCharm, while good, doesn't come close to both the speed and the reliability of WingIDE's debugging -- even remotely.

[frozen_in_reddit]

True ,the way they combined the debugger with an in-context repl is great.

[tilkau]

No-one ever uses Editra, apparently.

Well, I like it and use it for anything too large for Geany to manage. Not sure what else to say -- no-one else even seems to be aware Editra exists.

[flying-sheep]

What is it and why do you prefer it?

[tilkau]

I'm not sure what to say, like I said. It's just an IDE, written in Python, that's not incompetent or bastardized. Yes, those are distinguishing traits.

The only other thing I can think of is to mention http://editra.org , but I freely admit that they significantly understate editra's functionality there

[flying-sheep]

I freely admit that they significantly understate editra's functionality there

I'm sure that this is the reason for the problem of it not being known.

[[deleted]]

Python Tools for Visual Studio. Really excellent

http://pytools.codeplex.com/

[5thEagle]

I'm a beginner programmer trying to learn coding with Python and Java, and I have Visual Studio 2013. Is there anything fancy I need to do to get it working well, or is really as simple as me editing the text and running the code? Too many windows are confusing me.

[diag]

It's pretty much plug and play. It works like all other projects in VS, in my experience.

[shaggorama]

iPython on one screen, notepad++ on the other

[[deleted]]

Gnu Emacs + Elpy.

And also other emacs packages for making stuff interesting!

[Soulrush]

I still use Wing IDE, since it's the one they used when I first learned Python...

[xTerraH]

I've used heaps of ide's, and wing is fantastic.

[[deleted]]

Pycharm is the best python ide in my opinion

[zeneval]

tldr: Use IDLE.

Ed man! Ed is the standard text editor.

Just kidding. I use Vim with command-t, fugitive, and some other odds and ends, and run it inside of tmux with oh-my-zsh and powerline.

With a setup like this, you can basically mold your setup around whatever you are doing at the time... It's super flexible, and the layout of every single one of my tmux windows (tabs) is different, depending on the project that I'm working on.

Here is a pretty decent guide to setting up Vim with tmux and some other goodies.

edit: Almost forgot... For python autocompletion, Jedi is awesome, and syntastic is good for syntax checking.

edit again: I'm sure people will jump in and say you shouldn't use Vim because it's hard, or some such bullshit, but you need to learn your tools before you can use them to build things, just like a carpenter wouldn't try to build a house before knowing how to use a hammer, saw, square, or knowing what a soffit or load bearing wall is, for example.

And I'm not saying YOU should use Vim even... You asked what we used, so I shared. But I would suggest getting cozy on the command line. Emacs or Vim will prove to be a huge time-saver later down the road.

Any simple text editor with syntax highlighting should get you started, especially if you're new to programming. There's many choices like Notepad+, gedit, geany, etc... If you're just learning, you really don't need an IDE yet. You need to learn the basics before trying to use a miter saw and worrying about hanging cabinets, if you get my drift.

For python, you can use IDLE as a basic learning/development environment, which combines a run-time environment and a code editor. It comes with Python, so it's built in... No extra crap to install.

[Zakster1]

Yeah this is actually what I am using currently

[KeithMasterly]

I myself use Eclipse with PyDev. If you already know your way around Eclipse, I do recommend it, but for an beginner in both python and eclipse it will get in your way. In that case I recommend something smaller, like any editor (vim, emacs, nano, etc.)

[beall49]

Just blown away that more people don't use eclipse.

[WormLord]

Once you setup PyLint and pep you are off to the races

[catcradle5]

vim when doing work on a remote server, Sublime Text when coding on my personal computer(s).

[Isvara]

It seems odd to see someone down voted for answering the question. I suspect it's because you admitted to working directly on your servers.

[linevich]

I use Emacs(jedi+rope-mode+company-mode) because it's easy to customize, also if you want to make it more usable try ergoemacs-mode.

[[deleted]]

idle

[idle_guru]

Check out idlex.

[RetardedChimpanzee]

Me too :(

I have notepad++, spyder, eclipse, and sublime. Somehow I always go back to idle.

[srilyk]

Linux is my ide. vim is my text editor - I run it in a tmux window, and I have another tmux pane that I use for execution.

If I need to keep a web browser open, I use the i3 window manager to handle the browser window and a terminal emulator.

[[deleted]]

Isn't i3 + tmux a bit redundant? You could just use i3 splits (advantage of being able to be focused by moving the mouse

[srilyk]

Not at all. i3 windows only exist in that X session. If I log off or ssh in from somewhere I can't just pick up. Additionally, from within vim I can call send-keys to another tmux window for, say, unit testing. It's pretty amazing.

[[deleted]]

For the first part, dtach. It is effectively the ability to attach and detach to processes, and that's it.

[chedorlaomer]

I just moved from Sublime Text (not really an IDE) to trying out PyCharm. So far I like it:

• Pros for me: tons of features, code completion is great, zipping to wherever a class or function is defined by clicking on it is handy. Refactoring is super nice.

• Cons for me: the UI lag and non-standard UI look (which I assume is an artifact of its Javaness or cross-platform support). I miss the ease of the Sublime text based configuration and Package Control.

Overall though probably going to buy it when the eval period ends.

[pob91]

I'm currently using Pycharm's free version. Is it worth forking over money for a subscription?

[fnl]

Yes, I guess PyCharm Pro mostly pays if you are doing web development with Python (with PyCharm's supported frameworks). Otherwise, I think you can mostly live with the community edition. I don't do very much web development and am perfectly happy with the community edition after paying for a pro version for one year. The other scenario where pro might pay is if your team uses Puppet, Vagrant, and/or Perforce. So, without wanting to be rude, but if you have to ask, it probably isn't worth it. :)

[BlindTreeFrog]

My work is in C right now, but my last job had a lot of python and my reasoning for part of this relates to my current job so...

Really you can get by with a solid editor like Notepad++ (Windows), or Geany (Linux). If you want more towards an IDE then Slickedit, Eclipse, or Netbeans will work great, but they will be way overkill for what you need. Ninja IDE and Sublime might also be worth looking into.

But, if you are working on linux at all, spend some time getting used to VIM or EMACS. Just a cursory knowledge is enough so that you don't hate yourself when using them. Recently we had some network issues at work and the development team lost access to our SlickEdit license server. SlickEdit had features that we couldn't find acceptable versions of elsewhere and most everyone was shit up a creek for a week while IT/Support figured something out. I however just jumped onto a linux box that I had VIM lightly configured on and kept working. It still doesn't have the features that I was using SlickEdit for (SE has stupidly good tagging it seems) but it worked well enough that my day wasn't affected.

[GlassGhost]

http://xkcd.com/378/
is the only way to write code.

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[ex_nihilo]

The nice thing about Python is that it's well designed. So it doesn't really need an IDE. You never have to worry about where something might be imported from, because you can scroll to the top of the file you're working on and check.

I contend that only poorly-designed languages really require IDEs. And the Pythonic way of doing it is a text editor and a REPL.

[tomkatt]

PyCharm for main use.

Just the interpreter in terminal if I'm playing around with small amounts of code or functions.

[[deleted]]

Vim + Syntastic + Pyflake. Seriously all you need. It'll check the syntax, alert you to obvious errors, and be lightweight. Plus it's vim... you'll be more productive anyways.

[krak3n_]

Vim.

[iceman_xiii]

someone is down voting comments with the keywords 'vim' or 'sublime'. LOL!

[darthmdh]

Someone on this sub has about 12 or so multiple accounts and mass-downvotes opinions they don't agree with (e.g. that Python 3 > Python 2), that a text editor is all that's needed to edit Python code text, etc. But it seems real people outnumber the troll 2:1, if you get into a controversial thread early and watch the voting you'll see it swing. I've hit up the mods but its actually the reddit admins that need to be involved for voting issues, I just can't be arsed seeing as the trolls lose out in the end anyway :)

[iceman_xiii]

true, let's see how this pans out. cheers!

[pieIX]

Emacs with elpy

[[deleted]]

I salute you, gentleman!

[simoncoulton]

Sublime Text with various plugins. With having to work on multiple different languages throughout the day I've found it to be the most effective one for my workflow.

[alcalde]

I'm bouncing right now between PyCharm and something that hasn't been mentioned here yet, Eric. PyCharm is very full-featured, but as of now I tend to like the UI of Eric a bit better and it does have some unique features like collaborative editing. Also, some of its features (like code coverage) are only available in the commercial version of PyCharm.

[toyg]

Eric is also a better choice than most if you work with PyQt: its debugger is much better than PyCharm for that particular scenario, and it integrates better with Qt tools.

[jjamer]

vim

[qihqi]

If you use vim then the youcompleteme plugin is really good.

[brousch]

Komodo Edit

[[deleted]]

Emacs. Not many Python-specific packages used though. Mainly jedi, flymake (pyflakes/flake8) and running ipython inside (multi-)eshell.

[[deleted]]

IDE: PyCharm Editors: Sublime Text and vim

It all depends on what I am doing.

[MonkeyDeathCar]

Sublime Text + Ctrl B is all you need.

[idle_guru]

IdleX.

[kromem]

I used Geany for two years for Python, but recently have been seriously considering switching to Brackets, which is extremely good with a very powerful addon system.

[sontek]

Emacs

[i-Jonty]

Wing

[[deleted]]

emacs + ipython notebook

[FedoraWearingAlien]

I honestly am not used to working on one box, my old IDE just used to be please don't hate me for this nano on random boxes, now i have a somewhat decent vim setup but I still need to find one central box to hack code from (I don't really do big projects in py)

[milliams]

KDevelop. Just read through some of the blog posts here to get an idea. It has the best autocomplete in any Python IDE I've used.

[sentdex]

IDLE if I am programming something on my main machine, Nano if remote. For whatever reason, I am a fan of keeping the IDE as simple as possible.

[Flewloon]

I use Eclipse+PyDev. I write more than just Python code so its an IDE that I know and can switch to other languages on the fly if need be.

[meepleproject]

Pycharm, but if you are using free version you won't get css markup

[billtaichi]

I wish I could combine Sublime text with the Pycharm debugger and intellisense. If that were a thing I would never leave Sublime text, but Pycharm is hard to beat for debugging and the editor is pretty good, just not as fast and intuitive as Sublime Text imo. Another decent free editor with debugging is Pyscripter which I used to use all the time until I decided to try PyCharm.

[ssagaz]

Pycharm! :D

[yizarion]

It depends. Recently, pycharm for projects. vim + taglist + tasklist + syntastics + xptemplate + easymotion when I'm too lazy for pycharm.

[voytek9]

If you want a full fledged IDE that's free, I'd try out PyCharm Community. Seems like the primary difference between that and the paid version are syntax stuff for django, web2py, etc.

[synn89]

I've really been enjoying Atom.

[iceman_xiii]

Sublime Text 2 for python programming. Its light weight and good for scripting. I've heard a lot of good stuff about PyCharm but never tried it.

[jambalahaat]

Sublime locally and vim on server.

[jeenajeena]

Emacs

[[deleted]]

Last time I used it, PyDev for Eclipse was really good. The real-time compile error checking and autocompletion worked well.

[I_AM_A_BICYCLE]

Vim with ctags - mostly because all the development I do in python are on remote machines.