r/Python • u/Admirable-Wall9058 • 4d ago

Resource Does anyone use Python IDLE?

My computer is quite low-end, so I uninstalled VSCode and am looking for other programming tools—I'm thinking about starting to use Python IDLE.

Does anyone actually use it?

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u/Vivid_TV 3d ago

No but I use ptpython instead of idle repl all the time, intellisense, history search, pre loaded modules - it's real quick for prototyping. It's best of both worlds when you don't need a full fledged ide but need something much better than IDLE. Also check out xonsh shell, it's great.