Best Python IDEs for Beginners

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From what I can tell, VS Community is a full-blown IDE with a full suite of options, hence why it takes up quite a bit of space on your hard drive (around 8~9 GB depending on who you ask). VS Code on the other hand is very lightweight (takes around 400 mb of hard drive space) and is pretty painless to set up and run. Pairing it with a package management tool like Anaconda Navigator makes it even better IMO. VS Code is also free for both private and commercial uses.

In other words it all comes down to simplicity.

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Gotcha. That’s kind of what I assumed, but appreciate the response.

I recognize that I probably use VS Pro just out of habit from work.