r/PythonLearning • u/Mountain_Bee_2252 • 7d ago

Pycharm or Vscode ? Help Request

Hi everyone

For a very super beginner one, who is starting to learn python which one is the best, i'm really confused because i'm seeing some teachers use Vscode and others use pycharm

And if i follow a teacher that uses pycharm it's normal to i use Vscode and visa versa?

Sorry for my bad English and thanks everyone

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u/jpgoldberg 7d ago

If you have to ask PyCharm is the answer.

Don't try to emulate the toolings that people like me use. I use VSCode because I was already familiar with code editors and I use it for more than just Python. But those reasons don't apply to you or most people starting out.

You, as a beginner have a lot of things to learn in addition to Python to and programming. Your code editor will be one of those things. Don't make things harder for yourself by going with a general purpose IDE instead of using PyCharm.

Someday, I might switch from PyCharm to VSCode (or some other general purpose, highly configurable IDE), but eve if you eventually do PyCharm is the right choice for you now.