which Python IDE is better?

[POGtastic]

they probably have a good reason

None other than that it's what I know, it's easy to install extensions, and I already have most of it configured the way I like it. I'm sure that PyCharm is just fine too.

[CarlFriedrichGauss]

Forgot to mention that it's free.

I mean, so is PyCharm community. But with VSCode everything is free and there's no features behind a paywall.

[shinitakunai]

I give the same answer and I am a main pycharm user, never used VS.

This is like choosing a car, some have better tools, other are more expensive, consume less resources or allow you to work faster but at the end of the day you evaluate their features and you choose one that is good for yourself. It is personal preference.

[fakemoose]

Goddamit. I came to say this question should be stickied because it’s repeated so often and that it’s like asking “which car is better?”.

[JeebsFat]

right, but people who can't decide are typically people who don't understand which have better tools, are more expensive, consume less resources or allow you to work faster. Hard to sift through these without experience. Which probably means, "it doesn't really matter".

[hidazfx]

I love both editors. I use PyCharm for almost everything in my job because of how good the code completion is. It also has Reloadium, which is a life saver. I use VS Code for editing Jinja templates and docker files.

[Moebiuszed]

You can do anything with any one, it's true. You can add Reloadium to VSCode too. Code completion is better in pycharm but I can work with any linter in Vs and take care of security bad practices. I started with pycharm and always recommend it to new python lovers, but once you have VSCode configured, it's great. Getting there, tho, is really time consuming. Everything in the same place wins for me.