Python IDE’S and Code Editors

What is  IDE?

IDE means Integrated Development Environment which is used to write the programming code. IDE contains different windows which are used for different purpose. For example, code window, output window, file explorer window etc. IDE’s are better than the text editors used for programming code. The IDE’s provide the features such as code automation and suggestions and code lining, testing and debugging.

The code editors are tools which are used to write programming language code. There are various types of code editors available.  One can use as per his requirement and convenience any one of the code editors. Most widely used code editors are listed below

1.     IDLE:

IDLE is Integrated Development and Learning Environment is IDE used for Python programs. It is by default IDE of Python which installed automatically when you install Python.  It is light weight and simple to use but in case of large size projects it is not suitable.

The official website to download Python IDLE is  https://www.python.org/downloads/

Click on download the latest version of python. The setup files will download. Then install the Python setup on your computer by following the instructions.

 

2.     PyCharm:

The Pycharm IDE is popular and used by professional developers for design and development of applications using Python. The PyCharm comes with two different versions- Community Which Free version for every one Professional which is paid version. It has code completion, code inspection, error highlight features. You can download free version to write Python coding.

The official wesite to download PyCharm IDE is https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/

3.     Spider:

It is IDE  used for Python programming which is freely available on internet. Spider is an open source IDE. It is one of the application or IDE which is bundled with Anaconda Distribution. The Anaconda distribution includes lot of packages of Python such as Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, Sklearn etc.  To install Spide IDE you just download Anaconda and install it on your machine. Then navigate Anaconda the see list of applications available in Anaconda Distribution. Just select Spider IDE and click on Launch. The Spider IDE will install on your machine.

The official website of Anaconda Distribution is https://www.anaconda.com/

 

 

Anaconda navigator window display list of applications. Click on Spider IDE and click launch. Spider will install on your machine.

4.     Jupyter Notebook:

Jupyter Notebook is Cell based IDE whch is most widely used in Data science, machine learning, Artificial intelligence projects. Large size projects are handled with Jupyter Notebook IDE. This IDE have Markdown  additional feature. The another feature of Jupyter Notebook is we can export our entire work into PDF or HTML form.

The Jupyter Notebook bundled in Anaconda Distribution. To install Jupyter Notebook just navigate Anaconda from your machine and select Jupyter Notebook to Launch it.

Anaconda Navigator.