TODO comment support (don't forget to do that thing before you push) Local file history (never lose uncommitted or overwritten code) Included testing for unittest, nosetest, py.test, attest and doctestsĮxtensible with other plugins, if it doesn't have a built in feature, just search for itĮxtra fun that I personally have been saved by, but might not be high on others lists: Good auto completion and ability to find source documentation and jump to it's declaration Version control built in (git, cvs, mecural, svn, github)Īdvanced code analysis, not just checking for errors, but actually helps write better code The disadvantages of using other IDEs for python start to pile up fast, and I would rather focus on the positives they each bring anyways so here's some reasons I would suggest P圜harm.įast - for an IDE it is much faster than choosing others and using a pluginĮasy python interpreter and virtual environment setup

I personally know of at least a half dozen professional python coders that have switched to it since the release of the free edition.

Python codeblocks compiler