Which Python IDE to use in 2024?

[Hip]

Hello guys!

 

I am curious which kind of IDE's do you use for Python coding?

So far I used vim and Jupyter Notebook, but I am still a Beginner and would like to know which one would you recommend.

 

Thank you so far in advance!

 

[ArushM]

Just now, Hip said:

Hello guys!

 

I am curious which kind of IDE's do you use for Python coding?

So far I used vim and Jupyter Notebook, but I am still a Beginner and would like to know which one would you recommend.

 

Thank you so far in advance!

 

VScode for myself or working with others google colab is good, but its the same as jupyter notebook. Repl is also not bad

[Levent]

VScode does one IDE to rule everything pretty well for me. I use it for everything (except .net<5) heck I dont even use notepad++ as much as I used to because of it.

[igormp]

Mostly VSCode, even for jupyter notebooks. I also use databricks a lot for work (which has its own jupyter-like editor)

[Crunchy Dragon]

I'll drop another +1 for VSCode.

[BootlessBuck]

I used to use PyCharm, but work has forced me over to VS Code in their efforts to get everyone to use Copilot. I use VS Code for pretty much everything now, but don't feel like it's really my choice.

 

I use Jupyter notebooks occasionally as well, if it's more of a one-off thing to gather data, rather than code that will be used somewhere... or as a sandbox to test stuff out. I know I could load up a Jupyter notebook in VS Code, but I don't.

[Hip]

1 hour ago, Levent said:

VScode does one IDE to rule everything pretty well for me. I use it for everything (except .net<5) heck I dont even use notepad++ as much as I used to because of it.

Is there a way to preview the result of the code in VScode? I have just downloaded it.

[Brando212]

another for VScode here. It's become quite the powerful IDE.

5 minutes ago, Hip said:

Is there a way to preview the result of the code in VScode? I have just downloaded it.

yes it has the usual run/debug options

[Hip]

1 hour ago, Brando212 said:

another for VScode here. It's become quite the powerful IDE.

yes it has the usual run/debug options

Thank you! And can I install packages in VScode? I have tried to install a package and all it says is invalid syntax

[wasab]

pycharm

[SixTwo]

Vim is fine for small projects

 

+1 for vs code

[tikker]

VS Code or PyCharm are both great choices. If you want to try more of the vim route I can recommend trying out neovim with some plugins, though it'll have a bit of a learning curve.

 

[codesidian]

Good to see VS Code is popular here, but I'd recommend VS Codium instead. It's the same thing, just without telemetry.

[Flavius Heraclius]

Having spent some time teaching Python, if you're just getting started, my advice would be to stick with a plain text editor and a command line. An IDE, particularly a "good" one, will do a lot of automation/hand holding that can get in the way of you really understanding what's going on in the early stages of learning. The boring crap that they automate can actually be important to understand. Using a simple tool chain will help you to understand the underlying system better.

 

It will suck in the short term. But if you can get over the hump, you'll get to be a better programmer in less time overall if you force yourself to do it the hard way for a while at the beginning. It's like how they always say to learn stick welding first; MIG is really easy, but it is also a bit of a skill dead-end. Once you get good with stick, MIG is a piece of cake, and you are well prepared to do more complicated stuff too.

 

For my classes, I always had the students use Notepad++ and Command Prompt as their environment (had to use Windows, and cmd.exe is a lot easier to get a handle on than PowerShell). It was difficult at the time, but I got a lot of positive feedback from other instructors further down the prerequisite chain about the preparedness of the students in their classes once I made the change.

[Tankfurter]

Another vote for VScode to elaborate on some of the reasons

 

• Support for Windows and Linux - It's particularly good on both platforms with uniform plugins. I use both operating systems as a desktop.
• I like its git source control integration.
• I like its Python plugin and error-handling
• I develop across multiple languages, so it's nice to use the same tooling
• VSCodes Docker Plugins are particularly nice to work with containers, which I frequently do as part of my Python development pipeline
• VScode's Remote-SSH module, allowing you to push and interact with servers with all the same plugins, is again super nice; you can remotely push code and manage containers over SSH
• I am often dealing with Relational Databases on the back end (Maria/MySQL/MSSQL/SQLite), and they have some really nice plugins to work with browsing and viewing all within the IDE for basic tasks without going out to a different SQL management tool.

I have used sublime and some other editors before VScode just tends to check more of the boxes for me right now.

[Dat Guy]

On 7/23/2024 at 9:29 PM, Hip said:

I am curious which kind of IDE's do you use for Python coding?

None (mostly). If I absolutely must edit Python code, Emacs.

[monopoly_hater]

VSCode is garbage, Pycharm is good but python is so simple I mostly use vim.

[igormp]

48 minutes ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

VSCode is garbage

Why?

48 minutes ago, anirudthelinuxwIzard said:

python is so simple I mostly use vim.

I don't see how a language being simple or not has relevance to your editor. An entire project is what makes extra features relevant (such as when you're refactoring stuff and whatnot), rather than the language itself.

[Mihle]

I personally, I like PyCharm. I prefer it to VS Code.

Maybe just try out both and see what you like?