NEED A PYTHON EDITOR

You can try Python IDE &amp Django IDE for Web developers : JetBrains PyCharm

I use PHPstorm recently and its pretty good once you get past its little quirks. Its cross-platform and reliable, I presume PyCharm is similar although I have not used that particular variant .

Gerry

I recently took a Python course, and we used pyzo, using IEP. Really, really nice.

I hadn't seen Pyzo before - just downloaded it and agree that it looks nice. Thanks.

MK

I agree, Pyzo is very good!! I use it as well.

Dale

I recommend to try Codelobster Python IDE

i would recommend spyder "from anaconda" for all beginning with python... only if you don't mind its bulkiness.

Gerry, Eclipse is the way to go!

I love Visual Studio code, with the pylance extension.

I have used two. I started with Pycharm and moved to Visual Studio Code. I was looking for a product that had no licensing cost. I am not a professional coder. I rank in the category of an amateur.

I used PE for many years until a friend suggested VSC because it provided terminal support (i.e run code in a terminal from the editing window) without requiring a license. In addition, VSC provided some really nice environment tailoring for python. I moved to VSC and haven't looked back. I also use VSC for Arduino coding now also.

A technical magazine published an article of mine a few years ago that I wrote on how to deploy the VSC software in a Raspberry Pi development environment. It enables you to manage code on a PI using the application from a main host. The deployment to the Pi is quick and easy, giving a consistent environment.

Copyright prevents me from posting the article. If it can provide some value send me an email and I can share it.

I've recently started using that too. It's definitely overkill for an IDE : ) But is great. There's a screenshot below for anyone curious what it's like. I like the variable explorer. It's a very smooth experience for working with datasets, quickly exploring files and working with their content.

I don't have a favourite IDE for Python, I often use Visual Code, or sometimes PyCharm, they are both good too. Or just 'vi' in Linux.