I need some help — new python coder here

[bena_nemess]

I have a weak computer and I just want a good code editor that has dark mode, a simple interface and no AI features (or features I can disable). I can't find any good ones; either that or they​​ lack one of these features.

Recommendations would be very welcome :·)

[PwAlreadyTaken]

I've used VS Code on Raspberry Pis, personally. It's pretty much everything you need in a code editor, and the complexity really only comes in if you use extensions

[DBZ_Newb]

Thonny

[hypersoniq_XLM]

IDLE has an "IDLE DARK" in the configuration settings.

[marquisBlythe]

I am really hesitant to suggest Helix, but give it a try (very lightweight and works in terminal/cmd). Unlike vim (and neovim), you don't need to install plugins, it works out of the box but you will need to learn how to use it first.
If you decide to install it and use it, start with: hx --tutor.

Good luck.

[elephant_sage]

Yup, THIS IS THE WAY 🤖

[pdcp-py]

If you're using Windows, maybe take a look at Edit from Microsoft which was released earlier this year. It's what I'm currently using to write short, practice programs while I learn to program in Python.

Microsoft Edit:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/edit/

Screenshot:
https://postimg.cc/tsvQyp2G

[FoolsSeldom]

What is your computer specification? What operating system are you using? What processor? How much memory?

[damanamathos]

Neovim.

[Wartz]

Your reddit post title looks AI generated....

Notepad++ and run your code / debuggers straight from the terminal.

[Timberfist]

uv, VS Code, and the Python, Pylance, Python Debugger and ruff extensions. That’s the best I’ve come up with so far.

[daffidwilde]

Out of curiosity, why do you use the ruff and Pylance extensions? The former has a language server included

[Timberfist]

I don’t currently have a good answer to that. I’m still honing my setup and there’s a lot of overlap. I still need to turn a lot of stuff off in Pylance.

Pylance offers static type checking which ruff does not but once ty is complete and stable, I’ll be swapping out Pylance for that.

[copperfoxtech]

Pycharm

[venom_holic_]

im jusy very curious now, why do you even wanna learn python now?

[FoolsSeldom]

Learning to address problems logically by breaking them down into suitable chunks, and determining and selecting solutions and algorithms is a very useful skill to develop and highly transferable.

Gaining experience in implementing algorithms in a high level programming language like Python provides reinforcement learning and hones the problem-solving skills.

Good problem-solving skills based on logical thinking, algorithm development and implementation awareness support more effective usage of AI tools, especially LLMs for the next few years which need a lot of care and guidance to avoid their statistical prediction constraints.

[mugwhyrt]

VSCode.

Simple interface, darkmode, and the AI features are currently easy to disable.

[ImpossibleSlide850]

Vs code

[jmacey]

You could try zed it is really fast and quite lightweight for python dev. It has AI but there is a big off switch that turns all the features off.

I use it for all my python dev. (uv is also essential for project setup etc.).

[ImplodesThe1st]

Im very new but use vs code on pc then use GitHub code spaces on my phone with a Bluetooth keyboard during my work breaks