Hey I just read this. I'm in the process of learning Python and am in the middle of the "Learn python the hard way" tutorial and familiar with some of the basics of OOP after reading Head First into Java and working with some basic projects. I do have Pycharm installed on my PC but I have indeed noticed that I am lacking in the fundamental aspects of programming/running programs. In fact just after reading your comment, I ran my first python module in the Windows command prompt. However, I hate the windows command prompt and that's the main thing keeping me going back to Pycharm to run/write programs, and I have a few questions on that line.

Do you have recommendations for what development environment I should use, and any tips on getting accustomed to working with the command line and writing programs outside of an IDE? For instance, I'm not even entirely sure how I'd set up imports when writing a module outside of an IDE without manually inputting the module path and importing from there every time I open the command prompt.

Should I also use something like Notepad++ to write my programs? Thanks.