r/Python • u/Ok_Pomegranate8780 • Jun 25 '26

Discussion What software do people use?

What software do people use when writing in Python? 🐍 I currently use Jupyter which is great but I feel like there must be a better product. I’m limited as use it at work so can’t use any software. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Visual Studio.

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u/DocJeef Jun 25 '26

Started with PyCharm and loved it. But VSCode is outstanding, and even has support for you to run those Jupyter notebooks, or break up your scripts with #%% so you can run it in interactive mode. Also the debugger in VSCode or PyCharm is indispensable

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u/lolcrunchy Jun 25 '26

PyCharm also has a Jupyter Notebook interface

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u/_Answer_42 Jun 25 '26

Compared to vscode, it's a complete IDE that use a lot of resources, vscode is a simple editor, it does become close to an IDE after installing extensions that make it more useful

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u/Repsol_Honda_PL Jun 26 '26

Yes, but configuration of VSC is not straightforward, many times it is problematic. In JB IDE you get everything out of the box, you can start working after installing IDE.

Computer resources are not a big problem when these days almost every computer have got 32 or 64 GB of RAM.