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Python – IDE’s

In this tutorial you will learn python in detail.

 

An Integrated Development Environment is a program dedicated to software development. IDEs integrate several tools specifically designed for software development. These tools include:

  • An editor used to handle code (syntax highlighting and auto-completion)
  • Execution, build and debugging tools
  • Source control

Code editor can be as simple as text editor used to write and edit code. A dedicated code editor is usually smaller and quicker, but often has less features. If your program gets larger, you need to test and debug the code. That’s where you need IDE’s in place.

Most of IDE’s contain many features and also supports many different programming languages. Therefore, IDE’s can be large and takes time to download and installation.

In this article you will learn about various Python IDEs for beginners and professionals.

 

  1. Online Compiler from Programiz

 

If you don’t want to spend time on installing python and setting up a development environment for writing a Python code, you can use online Python compiler. It is completely free.

 

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  1. IDLE

 

IDLE comes by default, when you install Python. IDLE’s major features include the Python shell window (interactive interpreter), auto-completion, syntax highlighting, smart indentation, and a basic integrated debugger. IDLE’s are simple to use and are lightweight. But they are not optimum for larger projects.

 

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  1. Sublime Text 3

 

Sublime Text 3 is most popular code editor that supports many languages along with Python. It has a huge community, fast and highly customizable.

When you install Sublime Text 3, it has a basic support for Python. You can also install packages such as debugging, auto-completion, code linting etc.

You can install and use Sublime text for an indefinite period of time but occasionally you will get a pop-up stating “you need to purchase a license for continued use”.

 

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  1. Atom

 

Atom is an open-source code editor that can be used for Python development. Atom features are similar to Sublime text. It is customizable. You can even install packages as per your need.

 

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  1. Thonny

 

Thonny comes with Python3 by default. Thonny user interface is simple so that beginners find easy to start with.

 

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  1. PyCharm

 

PyCharm is created by JetBrains a company known for creating great software development tools and PyCharm is an IDE for professional developers. PyCharm has two versions.

Community- lightweight, free open-source, good for Python and scientific development.

Professional- full featured python IDE with support for web development and it is paid version.

All major features like code completion, code inspections, error-highlighting and fixes, debugging, version control system and code refactoring are supported by PyCharm.

 

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  1. Visual Studio Code

 

Visual Studio Code is created by Microsoft, it is free and open source IDE used for Python development. Visual Studio Code provides excellent features such as intelligent code completion, linting for potential errors, debugging, unit testing and so on.

 

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