Python Development

Python IDEs

The 2 most popular Python IDEs:

• PyCharm (Community Edition): free commercial version

• Visual Studio Code with Python extensions: open source

Recommendation

Use VS Code for simple projects and quick code editing.

Use PyCharm for developing complex projects and testing production-level code in Python.

Recommended Extensions

VS Code:

General:

• Python Extension for Visual Studio Code

• Git Graph

• Remote Development

• MyST-Markdown

• Jupyter

• vscode-pdf

• Live Preview

Testing:

• Black Formatter

• isort

• Flake8

• Mypy Type Checker

• Python Test Explorer

• Test Explorer UI

• Cucumber (Gherkin)

• Robot Code

• Robot Framework Language Server

Productivity:

• ChatGPT - Genie AI

• GitHub Copilot

• Howdoi

• howdoi

• IntelliCode

• Tabnine AI Autocomplete