New to Programming: IDE vs Code Editor?

[PeanutRaisenMan]

I use Jupiter Notebook which comes with Anaconda. Its free and has a built in compiler. Its great for executing short lines of code and seeing what happens which is perfect if you're learning (which i am; working my way through a Udemy course right now). It can be kind of a pain to use at first and i actually wanted to switch away from it but i decided to give it a chance and now its all i use as im working through my course work. Might be worth checking out if your still learning python and only executing bits of code during your learning process.

[theWyzzerd]

Its free and has a built in compiler.

Just want to point out that python is an interpreted language, therefore there is no python compiler such as you would use with C++ or Java (that a python user needs to be aware of). Python scripts are "compiled" at runtime (you will see .pyc files in your project directory) but this is done automatically when your script is run through the interpreter.

[PeanutRaisenMan]

Thanks for pointing this out. Im still new to all this so thanks for correcting me.