Text Editors!

[TrueStudentOfPython]

Hello Everyone!

So I am a new to the board and I am also an serious aspiring Python user, so for my first post I wanted to start somewhere very basic:

" What is your preferred text editor? "

As a bonus I am also curious about IntelliJ IDEA CE ... because I have used Sublime, Atom, Brackets, Eclipse, and a few others ... but as far as I can see IntelliJ seems superior. I am curious about what anyones thoughts are on that?

Thank you so much everyone,
I am looking forward to being a part of this community :)

# LONG LIVE PYTHON

[metulburr]

ive never used IntelliJ IDEA CE so i couldnt say. However i usually like lightweight options such as Vim or Geany for GUI. IDE's are as numerous as types of vehicles. Everyone likes something different.

[Larz60+]

As metulburr points out Everyone likes something different.
Two are two on the top of my list:
#1 VSCode (not to be confused with MS Visual Studio).
#2 PyCharm
But again IDE is a personal thing. Suggest you try several and find the one that best suits you r needs.

To try VSCode, follow snippsat's tutorial here: https://python-forum.io/Thread-VS-Code-f...ght=VSCode

[wavic]

Can I as something here? Is VScode Microsoft's product? If it is not I may try it too.

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I found it.

[Larz60+]

Is VScode Microsoft's product? If it is not I may try it too

Well yes, but different from any other MS product and separate from Visual Studio.
It also runs on all main platforms.

[buran]

and is open source

[Truman]

Did anyone try this one:
https://wingware.com/

Someone wrote on Python facebook group that it's better then Pycharm. I'm still sticking with Notepad++, when I feel that my programming skills are really improved will move to some IDE.

[Larz60+]

Truman asks:
Did anyone try this one:

I didn't, but am happy with VSCode (after trying several others).
It does everything I need, so until some earth shattering event, I'll stick with it.