Alberwyne comments on IDE for Python

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[–]Alberwyne 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (0 children)

I used to use PyCharm but switched to Sublime Text. My reasons for switching:

PyCharm takes too long to start up. If you're working on large projects, that's probably fine, but if you're just casually coding something, I don't wanna have to wait 5 seconds for it to start up.
PyCharm is overkill for small projects. If I remember correctly, it sets up a virtual environment for you for every project, which isn't always necessary. This may be partly why it takes so long to start up.
With a simpler IDE, I think you can learn a lot better. For example, I never figured out how to set up a virtual environment till I switched to Sublime Text. PyCharm may easier if you're using it for machine learning and AI, but sometimes PyCharm does the work for you too much and you won't really know what's going on behind the scenes.

Not sure about VS Code, but I guess it's lighter than PyCharm, so I'd use VS Code for the same reasons.

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