Python is one of the most preferred and used programming languages for web application development by developers and programmers across the globe. With Python, web application development becomes easier and streamlined without more efforts from developers and it is the reason it has always maintained the first choice as a programming language when it comes to high-quality, dynamic and robust web application development.
Python is used mostly for server-side web development for different web applications and software such as artificial intelligence applications, scripting and others and support multiple platforms such as Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi and others. Python development is easy, quick and efficient to develop dynamic web applications and does not require an expert's intervention. A beginner can also develop dynamic website with python easily and effortlessly.
One of the most important qualities of Python is the availability of python development tools, especially core editors and IDEs. These tools make web application development like smooth sailing.
In this blog, we will discuss some of these code editors and IDEs that make python development easy and quick.
First of all, let's understand what IDE and code editors are.
IDEs
The abbreviation of IDE is Integrated Development Environment. IDE is a pack of tools that can help developers to use these tools for development and testing of the software or an application. To make a robust and scalable web application or software, developers use different types of tools such as editors, libraries, compiling and testing platforms.
Why IDEs are used? To reduce manual effort by automating certain tasks and functions. If there are no IDEs, developers have to do certain tasks manually such as selections, deployment, integrations and it might invite some typing or factual errors.
Code Editors
Some developers might choose code editors instead of IDEs. Code editors are text editors that help developers to write code for web application development. With code editors, developers can also save small text files to the code. They are fast and small in size and can easily execute and debug code.
Here is a list of some of the best Python IDEs and code editors that can help developers to come up with responsive, quick loading, robust and highly scalable web applications and software.
PyCharm (IDE)
PyCharm is one of the best IDEs for Python development and it supports Windows, Linux and Mac. It is developed by Jet Brains and is widely used by Python developers across the globe for web application development with python. You can add some of the questions related to PyCharm when you hire python developers and you will come to know about his/her expertise with python development.
PyCharm makes the whole software development life cycle quick and effective by allowing developers to write neat and maintainable code. Furthermore, it also saves valuable time of developers by performing certain routine tasks and by offering smart assistance to them. Some of the premium features of PyCharm are described below:
It has a brilliant code editor, smart code navigation and safe refactoring.
It supports different development tasks such as debugging, deployment, coding, testing, profiling, remote database management and database tools.
Moreover, it also supports different web development frameworks and programming languages such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, AngularJS and other live edit features.
It comes with powerful integration with IPython Notebook, Python console and scientific stack.
Python makes it easy for developers to auto code compilation, error detection and fixing those errors.
With its ability for cross-platform development, it makes possible for developers to write a script for different platforms.
It has a customized interface that improves the speed, performance and productivity.
Spyder (IDE)
Spyder is another important IDE that is very popular among the python community and was developed to create a scientific environment for python. Developed by scientists and engineers, it has everything that developers need to develop a scalable and comprehensive web application including features such as editing, debugging, data exploration, plugins and APIs. It can also be used for the extension as it uses PYQT.
Some of the features and advantages of Spyder are:
It has superior features such as Syntax highlighting and auto code compilation.
Also, it can easily and effectively explore and edit variables from GUI itself.
Even in the multi-language editor, it works fine and nicely without any hindrances.
With Spyder, developers can execute the code line by line with the help of IPython console and its ability to modify and interact with variables.
One of the most impressive features of Spyder is its superior debugger that can trace each script execution step easily and effortlessly.
It also allows developers to view and modify any object documents.
PyDev (IDE)
It is the best python interpreter that is widely used by Python developers for smooth and flawless python development. Being an open source and easy to use IDE, it is the favourite IDE of developers. It is linear in size and mainly focuses on the python code refactoring, graphical pattern debugging and code analysis.
Being a plugin for Eclipse, it can be used easily by developers with so many intriguing features and functionalities.
Some of the features of PyDev are:
A superior IDE with Django integration, auto code completion and code coverage feature.
It makes easy for developers to complete certain tasks automatically with features such as rich and powerful type hinting, refactoring, debugging and code analysis.
Also, PyDev supports interactive console, PyLint integration, tokens browser and Unittest integration, Mypy, black formatter, virtual environments and remote debugger.
It also offers interactive probing in suspended mode by supporting CPython, Jython, Iron Python and Django.
It also provides tabs references, smart indent, Todo tasks, keyword auto-completion, content assistants and PyLint integration.
Some other popular IDEs for Python are ERIC, IDLE, Wing and Rodeo.
Now, let's discuss some of the best Python code editors that are worth mentioning in this article.
Sublime Text (Code Editor)
Sublime Text is one of the most used and highly popular text editors that has carved a niche for itself by offering some unparalleled advantages to the python developers. It is developed in C++ and Python and has a Python API too.
Sublime Text is preferred for python development due to a very good reason. It supports many other programming and markup languages and also allows developers to add other functions with the help of various plugins.
Some of the features of Sublime Text are shown below:
You can command multiple times simultaneously to change or edit different things on Sublime Text. Also, it has a feature called command palette to sort, change the syntax and indentation changes.
With few clicks, developers can open files and navigate to words or symbols and also has a superior, scalable and powerful API and package ecosystem.
Also, it can be customized easily and allows split editing and switch project facility.
It performs superiorly with language grammar and allows users to choose a specific preference.
It also has a powerful cross-platform user interface toolkit and offers extremely high performance.
Atom (Code Editor)
Atom is an open-source, free and reliable code editor that can be used for python development. It is a desktop application that is developed in NodeJS and is built with plugin support.
A cross-platform functionality can be achieved through a framework called atom shells and you can also use it as an integrated development environment too.
Some of the salient features are:
It has a powerful built-in package manager and file system browser for smooth and streamlined web application development.
With a smart and versatile auto-completion feature, users can write script faster and without making any errors.
Cross-platform editing is very smooth and flawless that improves speed and performance.
It allows UI customization and has a lot of support from GitHub crew.
It supports multiple pane features and developers can easily find and replace text across an application flawlessly.
Vim (Code Editor)
Being a highly configurable, open-source and free code editor, Vim is used by developers to create and modify the text of any type easily. With time, Vim is becoming more smart and versatile with its every new release and is considered as a stable text editor that can be used as a command-line interface and also can be used as a standalone application.
Some of the features of Vim are:
It has a multilevel undo tree that makes it easy for developers to write error-free code.
Also, it has an extensive system of plugins that makes Web application development easier and efficient.
It supports different programming languages and files and has a superior and impeccable integration, search and replace functionality.
You can work on two different modes such as normal mode and editing mode.
It has its own scripting language and it allows developers to modify custom functionality and behaviour of the applications.
One of the best qualities of Vim is that it allows and supports non-programming applications too that no other editors don't.
Developers can save command sequences and reuse them as and when they want.
Conclusion
These tools for python programming can help to create robust, unparalleled, highly scalable and highly-functional web applications and software. With such tools at their disposal, developers can develop dynamic web applications with reduced efforts and in just no time. These code editors and IDEs can also help developers to identify and fix errors and bugs while developing the application and hence, testing becomes quick and efficient.
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