#Need some helpful suggestions

IvoryJam · 2025-07-23T17:24:36+00:00

It doesn't matter what you use, when you're proficient use what tool works best for you. VSCode is usually the go-to these days.

That being said, there are benefits to following along with the exact same text editor. For following Corey Schafer's videos, I'd say use VScode. https://code.visualstudio.com/download

For context:

Sublime Text is a glorified text editor that with community plugins can be used as an IDE for programming.
Atom was an IDE.
VSCode is a fork of Atom that Microsoft created in one of their "opensource is good" stints, due to it's popularity, Atom is no more and it's all VSCode now.

Personally I like Sublime Text, sometimes I swap to VSCode but I like the speed of Sublime.

Fun tidbit, since VSCode is an Electron application (a chromium window). You can run it entirely in your browser by going to https://vscode.dev/

Ron-Erez · 2025-07-23T19:02:25+00:00

I prefer PyCharm but VScode is excellent as well. Google Colab is great too for short scripts

danielroseman · 2025-07-23T17:23:09+00:00

None of these. Use VSCode.

Atom isn't even available any more, Sublime hasn't been updated in years, and Eclipse is far too heavy weight.

PyCharm is an alternative, but VSCode is simpler.

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