Python, Best IDE

L.Jenkins · 18-01-2014 11:53PM #1

Trying to find a good IDE to start learning Python. Biting the bullet to see what I can do with the language. Anyone know of the best Development Environments available?

srsly78 · 19-01-2014 12:39AM

Did you try googling for it? https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments

padraig_f · 19-01-2014 12:46AM

PyCharm is the best one, great IDE.

Liachta Cultaca · 19-01-2014 12:50AM

I use Tiger Jython to develop some simple scripts.

L.Jenkins · 19-01-2014 02:15PM

Thought I'd give Ninja IDE a try and see how it fears out for now. I'm just getting started with the language, so if I stick with the IDE, that's another thing.

Mo14 · 19-01-2014 04:25PM

Most of my pythoning is done in a text editor (sublime), but I've tried pytools with visual studio, and it seemed like a really nice python environment. Might be worth looking into.

Tar.Aldarion · 19-01-2014 05:26PM

Let me know what you think of ones you try, I've just used a text editor as I found that fine.

Sparks · 20-01-2014 05:00PM

All I've ever used for the little python dev work I've done is vim. IDEs are nice, but DDEs are fine too...

jester77 · 21-01-2014 02:21PM

Hard to beat vim, but pycharm is the best IDE I've used, from the same guys as intellij.

Sparks · 21-01-2014 02:49PM

jester77 wrote: »

Hard to beat vim, but pycharm is the best IDE I've used, from the same guys as intellij.

The way I see it, you can code by hitting a dead squirrel off the monitor if it works for you and doesn't make everyone else's life a misery. Just don't impose the dead squirrel methodology on people who work better using other methods, like hitting a dead hamster off the USB port.

It's only when you're actually teaching students that the IDE/DDE/toolsInGeneral question has a different answer (namely, put away the dead rodents and learn using the most basic discrete tools possible; you can then use dead rodents afterwards and understand things far better because you've got a better foundation). But I don't think that holds if, say, you're an experienced C programmer who's looking to learn Python as a new skill. In that case, we're back to use whatever makes life easiest for you.

And maybe get an air freshener, because dead rodents stink.

Tar.Aldarion · 21-01-2014 03:47PM

Must try out pycharm, looks nice and all I've been using is gedit and vi/m. And boy do I dislike vi/m.

21-01-2014 03:48PM

Sparks wrote: »

The way I see it, you can code by hitting a dead squirrel off the monitor if it works for you and doesn't make everyone else's life a misery. Just don't impose the dead squirrel methodology on people who work better using other methods, like hitting a dead hamster off the USB port.

As always there's a relevant XKCD:

Sparks · 21-01-2014 03:48PM

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Python, Best IDE

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