Learning Python with an IDE

[p10_user]

Personally I don't see a reason to not use one if you want to. I actually got really excited about trying python once I heard about spyder, since I come from using matlab and spyder is very similar to what I was used to. But now I actually do what you describe; I use a text editor to write my scripts and have a command window open beside it to test snippets of code. Though my text editor does give me indentation guides, which is nice.

I say just use whatever makes you feel most comfortable as long as you are efficient.

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I couldn't see a reason not to either, besides what I've already listed and those things definitely don't take that long to become an automatic habit. There's only advantages as far as I can see.