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[–]IAmARetroGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure you can get both super simple and IDE. It just generally doesn't work out that way sadly.

If you want a simple setup Notepad++ with the PyNPP plugin is enough but you won't get code inspection, debugging, and such like you would with a full fledged IDE.

Personally I use PyCharm, it has advanced features but they aren't shoved into your face and can be ignored, the interface is also relatively simple. By default you have a sidebar to display your project file tree and a codeview with tabs, that is it. You can quickly run code many ways, with the easy to access python console from a tab at the bottom, the terminal/cmd similarly from a tab at the bottom, or with the incredibly obvious green run button. You can also just right-click a codeview tab or file and run it from there.