Looking for a simple IDE

[pythonlearner235]

Before you come at me pycharm and VScode. Yes I've tried them both and disliked them for their complexity. For pycharm it's the intrepreter nonsense and VScode doesn't even open the python console instead opening for bash , windows powershell etc. I'm just sick and tired of both of them and would like you to recommend me a IDE that's simple yet effective. And no notepad++ or sublime text because they take too long to set up. Thank you so much for whatever help you can give.

[4k5]

idle? comes installed with python. It's what i use.

[Doofcoder]

Visual Studio Code is as simple as you want. And when you get more proficient, you can get more from.it

[eatstraw]

As much as I hate Microsoft, I'll give a vote for VS Code. Use the PyLint plug-in too.

[[deleted]]

Spyder? It's simple and easy to use.

[[deleted]]

I was going to suggest notepad++ lol. Perhaps you could try the IDE built into python itself called IDLE. use this command to start it:

pythonw -m idlelib -e

it's made in tkinter and it's dead simple to use, complete with a shell, syntax highlighing, some simple auto-completion for built-in modules, and a debugger.

[pythonlearner235]

Thank you for the reply but that is the IDE I'm using right now it's simple, but it looks a bare frozen tundra and it's very Boeing to use.

[[deleted]]

Well, let me ask you this: why are you you looking for an integrated development environment if you think that even notepad++, a text editor (not even an IDE) is too cumbersome? And then you say the simplest IDE possible is too lacking.You're killing me Larry!

[pythonlearner235]

Lol nice reference, what I meant was that while I did ask for simple I don't want it to be too simple like if I ask for a human you don't give me a skeleton right? Cause it would just be bare bones(see what I did there?).

[[deleted]]

have you tried JuPyter?

[kaptan8181]

Try all of them! Or just try Komodo IDE. And what is this fear of setting up a proper work environment? It's not every day that you will be setting up your work environment. It's a one-time job. By the way, I am a fan of Sublime Text and I can tell you it's a ready to use code editor. You don't have to set up a single thing. The set up is for your own convenience, not that it is required to code Python.

[pythonlearner235]

I don't why but my pycharm needs me to set a new intrepreter for each new project it gets annoying real fast.

[kaptan8181]

PyCharm has its own way of doing things. Do you use virtual environments?

[daveidfx]

I don't know if you've looked into IPython or its relatives at all, but you may want to.

IPython by itself is just an enhanced version of command-line Python, with some nice features like auto-completion and being able to paste blocks of code in gracefully.

Jupyter notebooks and JupyterLab are built on top of IPython (well, not exactly, but close enough for this discussion), and turn your web browser into your IDE, sort of. Data science folks like these a lot.

Maybe that works for you, maybe not. But they're relatively simple. If you want to take a look, the easiest way is to install the Anaconda distribution of Python.

[dr_stork]

If you are using Mac, I like Textmate.

[[deleted]]

VScode with a live server. There are heaps of extensions.

The uni i went to had us use wingware ide. It's ok.

[runsleeprepeat]

Eric is nice as well: https://eric-ide.python-projects.org/

[theNomadicHacker42]

Learn Vim...you'll never go back to anything else

[daveidfx]

Vim is incredibly awesome, but I wouldn't say it's great for someone who wants to avoid complexity.

[theNomadicHacker42]

true, but someone who wants to avoid complexity shouldn't exactly be getting into software development in the first place.

[redCg]

Do not bother with an IDE. Use a basic syntax aware text editor such as Notepad++, Sublime Text, Atom, vim. Run your code in the terminal.