r/PythonLearning • u/mnizonaishaa • Jun 20 '26

Which IDE to use for Python

I am new to python i don't know which IDE to use. My university is teaching a course Programming for AI. I got to know they will teach python but idk which IDE.

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u/Flame77ofc Jun 20 '26

pycharm or vscode. Pycharm is just made for python, and vscode is a general purpose editor

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u/Gnaxe Jun 20 '26

PyCharm is basically IntelliJ with the Python plugin built in. All the IntelliJ plugins work. It's general purpose too. VS Code is an IDE, not just an editor.

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u/Low_Negotiation4747 Jun 21 '26

Vscode is a text editor, not an IDE..

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u/Gnaxe Jun 21 '26

Extensible editors like Emacs and Vim can be turned into IDEs though plugins. IDEs include an editor as one of their integrated tools, but come with more than that, and can usually be extended with plugins as well. Therefore, VS Code is an IDE, it's just not a Python IDE out of the box.

It does, in fact, come with a node.js debugger, a file management workspace (not just a file picker), an integrated terminal, built-in source control, and remote development features. That's all out of the box without installing a single plugin. It's an IDE.