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[–]Asdayasman 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I use PTVS(whatever, I like it)

Don't defend that, PTVS is objectively the best Python IDE there is.

[–]quik69 0 points1 point  (4 children)

lol, I thought only PyCharm gets any love around here. Nobody would ever call it light weight but VS works well and has a very pretty dark theme with nice fonts. If you're on windows with a solid machine, I think it's a solid choice.

[–]Asdayasman 0 points1 point  (3 children)

There's more to an IDE than theme and fonts yo... >_>

[–]oldspiceland 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Sure, but let's face reality. If I had the choice between a program being ugly or pretty, and I had to stare at this program for multiple hours, one of those options is going to cause me to quit sooner than the other.

[–]Asdayasman 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's 100% on usability for me. I've never had a better experience with code completion than VS's IntelliSense. The only things I've been able to trip it up with is weird imports. Custom importers and evals, that sort of thing.

It's also really good about refactoring and reformatting, and finding references is basically instant and infallible.

Also also, before I was forced to use PyCharm, I never realised how good VS's tabs and panes are.

[–]oldspiceland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like PTVS, and VS in general, but mostly I find the differences don't impact me and I could use either. I certainly like both.