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Python

Posted by qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

PyCharm

So I am using the PyCharm IDE from Jetbrains and I am complete newbie. Can I replace the local python environment with PyCharm?

3 Answers

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

I don't really know much about PyCharm, actually. By "replace" do you mean use a custom Python environment instead of the system-wide one? I know PyCharm can integrate with virtualenv. Maybe that's the approach to take?

qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points
qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

Yes, I mean to use a custom Python environment instead of the system-wide one. Is there any down sides of using it instead of the system-wide one, because what I think is instead of all the installing and pip stuff that I have to do to get started coding in python it would be easier just to use PyCharm as it has everything that I need including plug-ins.

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

If PyCharm can do everything you need, there's no advantage to using the system Python while developing. Just make sure you can control the Python version (should be 3.3+) and that you don't have to worry about package versions conflicting.