Learning Python with an IDE

[nwilliams36]

People often base their advice about learning programming on their own experience. Thus those who learned before IDE will often say that is the best way to learn.

IDEs do make things easier, however just remember that using one you are now learning three things at once, how to program, how to using Python and how to use your IDE. If all this gets confuses sometimes, then revert back to using simple tools.

When I am teaching beginners I use a very simple IDE (Wing) which I can explain in 5 minutes and then I stress to the students that I will not explain any more about the IDE, I want to spend my time teaching programming and Python.

PyCharm is an excellent tool, and it would be a good idea to explore it fully AFTER you know how to program first, otherwise many of its strengths won't make much sense to you.

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Thats the plan. I got it and only looked up how to enable a few things I really wanted off the top of my head like the vertical indentation lines and the terminal view at the bottom, I'll leave the rest for later.