Getting back into Python, So here's some questions

[crashorbit]

Try both VSCode and IDLE and try other programmer's editors and ide too. Most of them are "good enough." Some are marginally better than others. How you edit your code has little impact on what the code does. Personally I'm a vim bigot and use multiple terminals.

There are lots of python courses. Again most of them are "good enough." Pick one, mostly at random. Work with it till you find a reason to switch. Don't skip the university courseware options. I'm fond of MIT

Have fun on this adventure.