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## Recommended IDEs
There are many excellent IDEs that can be configured to work well with Python. Two IDEs that we endorse are:

### PyCharm

[PyCharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download) is a powerful and highly-polished IDE dedicated to developing Python code.

**Pros**

- Works well out-of-the-box.
- Long-supported by professionals and thus is very reliable.
- Highly configurable.
- Fully-featured, with an excellent debugger, context-dependent "intellisense", type-inference, and more.
- The free "community version" is extremely robust and feature-rich.
- Generally provides an extremely high-quality and responsive experience for doing Python development.

**Cons**

- Can be resource-heavy, especially for a laptop.
- May be overwhelming to new users (but has good documentation and tutorials).
- Jupyter notebook support requires the premium version of PyCharm, making it inaccessible to newcomers.

### Visual Studio Code

[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) (with the [Python extension](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/python)) is a lightweight, highly customizable IDE that works with many different languages.
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**Cons**

- Configuring VSCode for Python development can have a moderate learning curve for newcomers.
- Some features, like context-aware intellisense and type-inference, are simply more polished and powerful in PyCharm.


### PyCharm

[PyCharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download) is a powerful and highly-polished IDE dedicated to developing Python code.

**Pros**

- Works well out-of-the-box.
- Long-supported by professionals and thus is very reliable.
- Highly configurable.
- Fully-featured, with an excellent debugger, context-dependent "intellisense", type-inference, and more.
- The free "community version" is extremely robust and feature-rich.
- Generally provides an extremely high-quality and responsive experience for doing Python development.

**Cons**

- Can be resource-heavy, especially for a laptop.
- May be overwhelming to new users (but has good documentation and tutorials).
- Jupyter notebook support requires the premium version of PyCharm, making it inaccessible to newcomers.


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**Takeaway**:
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