what software to use to code in?

[Noilliz]

Hello everyone,

 

At college i started my first lessons in coding, i'm pretty exited and love it so far. The language i'm working with is python 3, but the default program to type my code in is IDLE. I can't stand it and switched to notepad++. But my question is if there is other software out there that is pretty handy to code in.

 

Cheers,

 

Joey

[minibois]

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I heard Sublime Text 2 is pretty good

[Prastupok]

Visual Studio and Notepad++ are the ones I use, mainly the former.

[N4dez]

An excellent replacement for notepad++ : https://atom.io/

 

As for an IDE for python: Here's a good comparison



 

[Bittenfleax]

I heard Sublime Text 2 is pretty good

Sublime Text 3 is better 

 

@Noilliz here is the link: http://www.sublimetext.com/3

[insayan]

An excellent replacement for notepad++ : https://atom.io/

 

As for an IDE for python: Here's a good comparison

 

+1 for atom or sublime text if you don't mind paying 70$ for a text editor. 

[madknight3]

I really like the PyCharm IDE.

 

The community edition is free and is probably all you need. However, if for some reason you want the professional version, which requires a license purchase, you should be able to get a free academic license since you're a student.

[N4dez]

+1 for atom or sublime text if you don't mind paying 70$ for a text editor. 

 

euuhhh? isn't atom & sublime text free? i just downloaded it from the site.

[insayan]

euuhhh? isn't atom & sublime text free? i just downloaded it from the site.

Evaluation is free (and there is no time limit either), I guess that's fine for students but in a corporate environment it'd probably cost you 70$

[N4dez]

Evaluation is free (and there is no time limit either), I guess that's fine for students but in a corporate environment it'd probably cost you 70$

 

 

That could be it. I'm an IT student and we have the github student package thing. I think it was included in there.

[insayan]

That could be it. I'm an IT student and we have the github student package thing. I think it was included in there.

I guess it's more like an unlimited trial, a bit like winrar does

[madknight3]

I guess it's more like an unlimited trial, a bit like winrar does

 

Gotta love unlimited trials.

 

[N4dez]

I guess it's more like an unlimited trial, a bit like winrar does

 

He's a student so he could use the unlimited trial i guess.

If you have a company and they come and check the software and they see you are running a trial, you could be in trouble.

 

[insayan]

He's a student so he could use the unlimited trial i guess.

If you have a company and they come and check the software and they see you are running a trial, you could be in trouble.

 

Yeah, that's what I meant by it. 

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

I use Notepad++. The forums design you see, it was coded using notepad++. The dev himself told me

[DacStugly]

Since you just started coding.. I would encourage you to try VIM (runs on POSIX systems). There is a learning curve but going forward it will save you alot of time. There are modules and scripts for almost anything you can think off.

 

Give it a try. Watch this video so you can appreciate what it can do for you -->

[DacStugly]

Hello everyone,

 

At college i started my first lessons in coding, i'm pretty exited and love it so far. The language i'm working with is python 3, but the default program to type my code in is IDLE. I can't stand it and switched to notepad++. But my question is if there is other software out there that is pretty handy to code in.

 

Cheers,

 

Joey

 

You can Start VIM here.

 

[ZeferiniX]

PyCharm

[Zuikaku]

+1 for VIM, it's the nuts when you're able to write your own scripts for it. The only concern with VIM (and other such editors such as nano or emacs) is that being terminal-based you won't have immediate access to your mouse controls (although you can enable them using add-ons or certain settings depending on your environment).

 

If you're a student, then even more so for using something that isn't an integrated environment. Stuff like Netbeans, Pycharm, Eclipse, etc. all promote laziness and sloppiness, especially ones that do compilation for you. Seeing error messages, getting used to them, and developing the ability to debug your own code is invaluable and will save you more time in the long run. It's really bad to get used to shortcuts when it comes to programming, which is why even VIM has drawbacks (getting to the point where you can hit ctrl+alt+d+e and then ctrl+alt+d+q to interchange two highlighted lines is a dangerous place to be) compared to say nano or even just VI.

 

If you do want the ease that an IDE gives you though, I would still recommend learning the language on a text-to-compile basis first, that way you get a feel for all the nuances without having the software immediately make suggestions and give you answers and fix things automatically for you; once you know exactly what you're doing, you can use an IDE to speed up compiling and help improve efficiency.

[bbtgp]

Iv been using notepad++ for years. Every time i branch out and try something diffrent I usually end up back where i started. Its fast and does what i need it to do without interfeeing to much with fancy features. Unless you have a beefy computer i would avoid any of the java based IDEs

[Satlen]

+1 for sublime text 3

[Crabtr]

It depends. For C++ I use Visual Studio (playing with CLion though), for Python I use Pycharm, for Java I use Intellij, and for editing text on my Linux and BSD servers I use Vim. I also use Sublime Text 3 but this is mostly for writing documentation and notes in Markdown.

[vorticalbox]

Hello everyone,

 

At college i started my first lessons in coding, i'm pretty exited and love it so far. The language i'm working with is python 3, but the default program to type my code in is IDLE. I can't stand it and switched to notepad++. But my question is if there is other software out there that is pretty handy to code in.

 

Cheers,

 

Joey

 

visual studio express for c#. notepad++ for html/css/php

[Jervi]

I program .php so I only use Dreamweaver CC. But that is only useful if you are doing webbased programming such as php or rails.

[WiiManic]

I'm a comp sci student, and my editor of choice is vim. Cept for android dev, I'm using IntelliJ for that.

 

Its really powerful, as well as having so much support behind it for plugins and the like.

I'm still learning new things it can do, and also just ways that I can apply the things that I do know it can do.

 

I basically just gave it a decent go at the start, got used to it and have slowly built up a personal config for it and am really liking it.