where to get help for IDE

[neramdaman]

Hi everyone,
Where is the best place to get help for some issues with configuring the PyDev plugin for the Eclipse IDE? On the Eclipse user forums, most of the people are either using Java or some other language, and there just doesn't seem to be very much help available for python programmers, even though from what I understand, PyDev in Eclipse is supposed to be very popular.

It seems that if PyDev in Eclipse really is popular, there has to be a good user forum somewhere where I can find help for this.

Thanks in advance.

[Larz60+]

Is there a reason why you must use eclipe?
It's not one of the better IDE's for python.
I'd recommend VSCode see: https://python-forum.io/Thread-VS-Code-f...ght=VSCode
or PyCharm

and there are many others: https://www.google.com/search?q=python+IDE

I tried to use eclipse several years back. I soon left it for PyCharm, and now use VSCode. I found that Eclipse tries to be the one stop IDE for all languages, and because of that carries too much baggage and is difficult to configure to say the least.

[neramdaman]

I have thought about using a different IDE, but I am embarking on a multi-language development project. So if I have to learn python, java, and php, which is what I am looking at, to have a separate IDE for each one is exponentially increasing the learning curve I am going to have to climb. In trying to limit it, it seems that if I stick to an IDE that is usable for all 3, as well as being open-source, there is a lot less that I have to learn to get the initial phases of my project going. It is one thing to learn the basics of a new language, but it is another to add to each new language a new development environment that has its own learning curve.

I know there are people out there using it, because it has a pretty broad user base, and PyDev is one of the most popular plugins that is downloaded. So the challenge is to find the people that are using it, and see what they are saying about it.

Of course if I can't make any headway at all and just can't find help, I will end up having to switch to some other IDE. But I am not ready to give up yet.

[eamanu]

Hi!

I think that if you read the doc on https://www.pydev.org/ you can resolve your problems.

I use a little PyDev but I was not convinced. For this reason I start use PyCharm ( JetBrains have Ides for other language )

I recommend you use vi or emacs (elpy), they are a good option.

Regards!

[buran]

So if I have to learn python, java, and php, which is what I am looking at, to have a separate IDE for each one is exponentially increasing the learning curve I am going to have to climb. In trying to limit it, it seems that if I stick to an IDE that is usable for all 3, as well as being open-source, there is a lot less that I have to learn to get the initial phases of my project going.

That is not true
+1 for VS Code
Check language support in VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/overview
and it is OpenSource

[neramdaman]

Thank you! I will take a deeper look at the manual and also will look into VS Code.

[neramdaman]

I really like VS Code so far... very easy to use...