IDEs for Python Beginners

IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment(IDE). An IDE is a piece of software for writing, debugging and executing software codes. There are hundreds of IDEs available in the market today and they are all good in someway or other. But a beginner they might confuse you which one to choose from them. Here I will make a list of two of them to give you a kick start. 

If you search over internet you may get many other but they have very good learning curve. For example Visual Studio Code don’t support python out of the box. Pycharm is a heavy software and big learning curve. Once you very comfortable with the basics of python you may explore few of them. I will create another article for the IDEs for prfessionals.

1. IDLE: This is the default IDE that you will get after installation. This is good for learning and best for building very very small applications. Few pros are 

   1. Free to download

   2. Syntax highlighting with autocomplete and auto indentation.

   3. Integrated debugger

      
      
       

         

2. Thonny: Thonny has specifically designed for the beginners. This is a great tool if you are learning python. Thonny can be used to create small applications. Few of the pros of thonny are

1. Free to download

2. Available for Windows, MAC and Linux

3. Simple and intuitive GUI

4. Easy debugging.