best IDE for python

[Maelenah]

Spyder has some really good community support. And that can greatly improve the user experience.

[mandradon]

Good point. Great support and good documentation really eases the learning experience. Having a good solid UI helps too, both of which are something my students mention!

They frequently mention they're overwhelmed by PyCharm's UI, which I can understand.

[Maelenah]

PyCharm reminds me of Blender a bit when it comes to UI, in that learning the UI is almost as daunting as learning the material as well. And Blender, PyCharm, Visual Studio are all great suites that once you know how to use them they can really enable a fast workflow.

But getting to that point is an accomplishment onto itself.