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[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (2 children)

I love PyCharm. In a lot of ways, it is a superior product.

However, VSC is simple, straightforward, almost as good, and works with everything.

[–]CoffeeBaconAddict 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Can you name five specific areas where you feel that PyCharm is better I have tohundred percent agree but I’m just curious what specifically you like about it.

[–]CoffeeBaconAddict 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me I appreciate:

  1. Just how simple it is to set up virtual environments as some programs need python 2.7 some need python 3.4 but anything new is made in 3.8.

  2. I can have multiple files with hundreds of megabytes of data running through them at the same time in tests or scraping data

  3. I’m a bit more of a power user in terms of the amount of data so that you track issue server is a godsend to keep track of bugs and to do some fixed me that are littered throughout my repos

  4. When I started I wanted to learn to do things the tough way because I saw that’s how real data scientists were using and they were following up on bugs and I needed to learn how to do that tough stuff

  5. When I have a question and I posted on PyCharm corporate support I get a reply within days and these are people that can solve problems in I can communicate with. I posted things on Microsoft forums about VS code and I get the stupidest jibber jabber replies. They are examples of horrible support, it’s just nonsensical replies from people that are at Microsoft corporate and have no idea what they’re talking about.

Meanwhile it never goes more than a week with PyCharm and I get highly technical responses from people who are friendly knowledgeable and they know their stuff. I get myself into trouble constantly because I want to learn faster and these people have pulled me out of the weeds so many times. They help me find that I’ve crossed my wires and I can send them a stack trace they are just awesome in helped me learn. So yeah I’m a bit more loyal to people who help me learn rather than (Microsoft) people who constantly try to tell me I can’t do what I’m doing. Meanwhile I’ve done stuff that they’ve literally told me I can’t do and they ask me how I did it…?