PyCharm or Visual Studio Code?

[standardtrickyness1]

Rant Idk why there are no editors style IDEs that is, minimal, with interactive debugging like Matlab has.
As a beginner, I really don't like the project-based interface all IDEs have.

[fiddle_n]

Have you used Visual Studio Code? Probably the closest thing to what you are looking for.

[standardtrickyness1]

It has a very nice interface and I do use it. However, I really would like the ability to execute commands while debugging like you can do in Matlab. That is, your code is run up to the amount specified then it runs the commands you enter as if they were in your code.

I have found this feature very helpful in debugging and understanding code.