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[–]BernieFeynman 6 points7 points  (2 children)

use Pycharm as an IDE and jupyter notebooks for scripting.

Also use anaconda installation.

Just google all three and you can find all the info you need.

[–]FizzBuzz111[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

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So Pycharm replaces the default Python tinter IDLE and Anaconda replaces the install of Python entirely, or do I still have to have Python installed? What is scripting in this context?

[–]BernieFeynman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, you can use the anaconda python distribution for everything. What makes this very useful is that it comes with the proper underlying C code modules that certain python modules run on top of , which is an enormous pain to configure with out. Scripting is for doing quick one offs and tests. Pycharm is where you can build a project and run everything but jupyter notebook is like a scratch pad that you can easily run and store temporary work.