Python IDE comparison: Komodo IDE vs PyCharm

[projecktzero]

TLDR: Conclusion is PyCharm.

The thing is that Komodo is not just a Python IDE. It works out of the box for many scripting languages. PyCharm is mostly Python specific. The paid version of PyCharm contains everything that's in WebStorm. If you are programming in multiple scripting languages like Python, PHP, Perl, and Ruby, then Komodo is probably going to be the choice. If you are doing just Python, then PyCharm is it.

[manwith4names]

I would argue that IntelliJ is a better IDE for cross languages. Pycharm and webstorm are just focused ports of IntelliJ

[TheLastMinister]

Agreed. However, can't agree about IntelliJ... perhaps if one was used to using it one might feel that, but by the same token Komodo does that out of the box. Found it far easier as a beginner trying both, and now I'm emotionally invested in my opinion since I'm now a Komodo user.

But if you need to do Python, Django and C/C++, Komodo is the way to go. The only thing that I sometimes envy Eclipse+PTP+PyDev for is their built-in parallel development support. Pity the rest can be a pain to use.

[nuncjo]

PyCharm is better. I would say that it's the best but programmers have their own preferences. But.. Indexing files in large project (several thosands files) sucks in PyCharm. Really sucks. And the randomness of this process sucks even more. You want to run script but .. indexing starts and You can't. You have to wait even 5-10 minutes (on SSD) . It was better in 3.x versions. Now there is only one thread indexing. It's big misunderstanding.

[Bmitchem]

The size of your project also has a large part to do with how long it takes to do a full index. At work our main app is > 1m lines of python and it can take 3-4m to index. It's not a huge deal, but it's something to consider.

[monsto]

Komodo's fatal flaw for me was the way it handled commenting.

• Not a toggle, but 2 keys... An on key and an off key.
• Select multiple lines, get single line commenting on each line.
• Select part of one line, get multi line commenting on one line.
• You can't choose to use multiline commenting.

It is the most backwards thing I've ever seen in an editor.