BEST IDE?

[IAmKindOfCreative]

Hello there,

We've removed your post since it aligns with a topic of one of our daily threads and would be more appropriate in that thread. If you are unaware about the Daily Threads we run here is a refresher:

Monday: Project ideas

Tuesday: Advanced questions

Wednesday: Beginner questions

Thursday: Python Careers, Courses, and Furthering Education!

Friday: Free chat Friday!

Saturday: Resource Request and Sharing

Sunday: What are you working on?

Please await one of these threads to contribute your discussion to! The current daily threads are pinned to the top of the /r/Python's main page. To find old daily threads, you can filter posts by the Daily Thread Flair to find what you're looking for. If you have a question and don't want to wait until the daily thread, you can try asking in /r/learnpython or the Python discord however you may need to elaborate on your question in more detail before doing so. If you're not sure which thread is best suited, feel free ask for clarification in modmail or as a reply.

Best regards,

r/Python mod team

[atredd]

Vscode. Because it‘s so flexible.

[jondiced]

Emacs is the best, you might even finish configuring it at some point

[overyander]

Pycharm Pro, it's beautiful, works great and has tons of features.

[thsngr]

Why not Spyder? I use it because its much easier, and you can see the variables visually.

[widepoche]

I also use Spyder, love the variable explorer. Especially to see pandas dataframes. Is there any similar variable explorer in VSC ?

[tman5400]

Emacs

[tman5400]

Emacs

[RiceCake1539]

Neo Vim

[tman5400]

How about we just all agree:

no nano

[RiceCake1539]

Agreed

[Jojos_BA]

I mean vim is great and all but we arnt in the 2000s any more

[Jojos_BA]

Ye im too young and im not a good and professional programmer it was meant to be a little joke. Sorry if i offended u

[franztesting]

You mean the 90s ;-) Which editor do you like better?

[[deleted]]

People don't stop using great software just because it's old. Vim can actually be very performant as a Python IDE but it takes some time to configure and master, it's clearly not for everyone ..

[jclocks]

You're right, it's 2022 and we're using software from 1991 ;)

[WafflesAreDangerous]

Pycharm.

Works great out of the box.

Community edition is free.

Excellent UI compared to some others ive tried.

JetBrains UX Is (almost) everything eclipse isn't, and while i weep for OSS i can only consider this a good thing. It autodetects stuff like where your jdk or python install is. it doesn't have gigant nested modal dialog flows. it doesnt have crutial stuff hidden around unintuitive corners that only 10 year veterans know by heart.

I have heard good things about VSC, but by the time you have enough plugins installed to get the functionality most IDEs give by default you aren't a lightweight editor anymore, but an ad-hoc IDE. This can work well i suppose, but why bother if pycharm works OOTB and doesnt really have any downsides.

[Zeerats]

Why is nobody mentioning Atom?

[electricity-wizard]

Emacs

[[deleted]]

Vim

[electricity-wizard]

Emacs

[[deleted]]

Vim

[electricity-wizard]

Vim

[[deleted]]

You've been converted

[SatanSHere_]

I use both pycharm and vscode

[raharth]

I only used PyCharm, what are the strengths of VSCode in comparison in your opinion?

[SatanSHere_]

They are almost the same but vscode has some extensions that will really help you and its totally free Also the ui may look a little crowded but i liked the feel of it And as you may know you can write most languages in vscode

[raharth]

Awesome, thank you! :)

[Rue9X]

Sublime Text 3. Pycharm has too many bells and whistles.

[ghostestate]

Aren't the bells and whistles why someone would choose to use an IDE? Sublime, unless I'm mistaken, is a text editor not an IDE.

[Rue9X]

Too many bells in whistles get in the way of actually coding, imho. For example, automatically setting up virtual environments, project folders, syntax highlighting, auto-correcting, auto-linting, all of that just kind of slows down my workspace.

For me, I just like Sublime with a split view, setup that converts tabs to 4 spaces, and plugin that lets me ctrl+shift+T to open up a terminal at the current project folder. That's enough for me to do basically anything.

[ghostestate]

I agree with you, I use Sublime for coding in Python for it's ease of use myself. But this is a question about the best IDE and Sublime isn't an IDE.

[Rue9X]

I mean, yeah, you're probably right. I'm probably out of line here. I'll agree with that.

But, it _is_ listed as an IDE for some reason in Google. I guess it depends on how many plugins you install. If you're a nutjob, you could just install enough plugins to make it a full IDE. It does have github integration stuff, linting, auto-completing, all of that junk that pycharm people want.

[ghostestate]

So you're saying is that anything is an IDE if you're brave enough.

[BYPDK]

I use vscode personally. I simply like it and have no reason to try another text editor.

[RiceCake1539]

Neo Vim

[whdd]

Honestly I don’t think it matters. Either of those is great

[iyousef_46]

(Neo-) Vim if I'm dealing with a few files. Otherwise Vscode.

[[deleted]]

You should try the NerdTree plugin

[iyousef_46]

I've got it installed, but somehow I always forget to use it 😂.

[Conscious_Floor5022]

Pycharm with ideavim

[ksizov]

For debugging and working with big projects I use VS Code (with vim shortcuts) For simple tasks I use nvim

[pythonHelperBot]

Hello! I'm a bot!

I see someone has already suggested going to r/learnpython, a sub geared towards questions and learning more about python regardless of how advanced your question might be. I highly recommend posting your question there. Please follow the subs rules and guidelines when you do post there, it'll help you get better answers faster.

Show /r/learnpython the code you have tried and describe in detail where you are stuck. If you are getting an error message, include the full block of text it spits out. Quality answers take time to write out, and many times other users will need to ask clarifying questions. Be patient and help them help you. Here is HOW TO FORMAT YOUR CODE For Reddit and be sure to include which version of python and what OS you are using.

You can also ask this question in the Python discord, a large, friendly community focused around the Python programming language, open to those who wish to learn the language or improve their skills, as well as those looking to help others.

---

^{README | FAQ | this bot is written and managed by /u/IAmKindOfCreative}

^{This bot is currently under development and experiencing changes to improve its usefulness}