THIS Is My CLEAN Setup For Coding In Python (2023)

[@kruvik]

One plugin I use is Rainbow Brackets, which colors not only brackets but also variable names a unique color so you can see the same variable easier in different places etc.

[@Indently]

Oh I didn't know it worked with variables as well, I thought it was just brackets, so I was always likr "wtf do I need that for in Python"

[@kruvik]

@@Indently Yeah, well I thought it was a neat feature for just brackets already but I now use it mostly just for the variables.

[@De_Mysteriis]

Nice to see the love for PyCharm.. Was the IDE i was introduced to in my tutorials. Many opt for VS Code it seems but find it is quite hard to get set up being that it supports many other languages. Dedicated Python software just works for a noob like me 😂

[@ggorg0]

First, I started my Python journey by using PyCharm. I was already familiar with IntelliJ, because of Rider (the C# IDE). I started noticing a big resource usage impact (mostly the CPU, RAM and just the huge amount of processes that PyCharm started in the background). Then, I switched to VSCode and have been using it ever since for a few years for many languages (mostly Python and JS). Recently, I felt the need to switch to an even lighter editor, that is fast, not written in JavaScript/Electron, and, most importantly, one that wasn't built by Microsoft, has no telemetry and is fully open source. So I installed Emacs along with Spacemacs. It's not really as good as VSCode, but I like it way more... Also, I used Vim keybindings since the start, so the switch to Emacs was even easier!

[@beniciomoldenado2315]

Thanks for a very helpful video. I am an old retired IT guy who started out on computers and languages you may not have heard of. Now I am trying to fill my time by studying Python and I am just getting started, and your video helped a lot. Thanks again.

[@Indently]

Glad it was helpful!

[@skandarsouissi7282]

There is a plugin called keymap normalizer, it should normalize the shortcut mappings from english layout (default for plugins) to whatever layout you have

[@Shagadin]

Been using VSCode for a while but at this moment I am giving Pycharm a chance. It is harder to setup than VSCode but has many quality-of-life improvements that Code lacks or have to be installed separately. I believe Pycharm is a great tool meant for big professional projects.

[@jhnnes64]

How is it harder to setup?

[@K0D0R0]

Also wondering the same. How is it harder?

[@Shagadin]

@@K0D0R0 Setting up the python environment takes many more steps than in Code, where you install the Python extension and you are up and running. It's not that Pycharm is super complex to setup but it takes watching a tutorial or reading the docs versus two clicks in Code.

[@JeremyLangdon1]

I use WSL + VS Code + Dev Containers which works amazingly well on my windows machine (have to use windows for other aspects of my work). But docker dev containers to containerize and standardize the developer experience has been a game changer for our team. No more “we’ll it works on my machine”. You can go from a repo to having a fully configured developer environment (including enforcing formatting on save, etc) in seconds and it just works.

[@johnhenderson1610]

You forgot to cover replacement text (or whatever it’s called) like typing ‘main’ gets replace with the whole ‘if’ statement. I’m going to give this ide a try!

[@Indently]

That's not my setup though, that's built in to PyCharm

[@vorpal22]

Note: Java does not have the === operator. You're probably thinking of JavaScript, or Scala if you're using the Cats library.

[@Indently]

I think I added a caption in the video for that, but I was definitely trying to say JavaScript, you're right!

[@archibald3544]

Are you a freelancer?What app do you use for it?

[@KoljaMineralka]

It doesn't have WSL support..only the paid version

[@vorpal22]

PyCharm definitely for the win. I pay a yearly license for the entire suite because CLion is the only C++ IDE I not only find tolerable but actually pleasant to use, and I want to support the makers of Kotlin since it has replaced Python and C++ as my favourite language. The new UI is fantastic... very streamlined. I've chosen it across all the JetBrains IDEs that I use. (And YES to another Mac user. I could never program in a Windows environment. I need my creamy, delicious Mac OS X Unix.) We have a member on the team that insists on using MVC and I hate it: after I approve his PRs and they're merged and I pull them, they are FULL of warnings that Python flags in accordance with PEP 8. It drives me bananas and I swear that about 15% of my time is spend just cleaning up his PRs after they're merged. *headsmacks* the other day, he had a function that was supposed to return one of three types. It was something like: def return_it(a: Optional[str], b: Optional[BytesIO], c: Optional[Boolean]): .... If a was not None, he returned one type. If b was not none, he returned another, Finally, if c was not none and was True, he would return the third. If none of those were the case, he would raise an exception. I told him that we needed a data type with four values, one for each data type, and a failure, and not three parameters with 2 x 2 x 3 = 12 values. def return_it(t: str | BytesIO | bool): .... You should really do a video on the match function that was introduced. It is incredibly handy and has cleaned up our code on type matching dramatically. Also, have you done a video on return typehints and mypy? We didn't realize we were using NoReturn wrong for the longest time when we should have been using None.

[@Indently]

NoReturn (which has now become "Never" in Python 3.11) is just there to hint that the function should never return anything. As taken from the Python docs: def stop() -> NoReturn: raise RuntimeError('no way') I still haven't used it, but I will try to use it in future videos 😅 I made a video on type hints and the Self typehint recently. But I haven't really made a video explicitly concentrating on the return types.

[@vorpal22]

@@Indently That makes so much more sense to call it Never (didn't know that, although we are using Py3.11) since NoReturn is pretty misleading. I didn't know about the Self typehint. Thanks for teaching me something new!

[@MrAngeloniStephen]

I never imagined you were Italian. :-)

[@sorvex9]

Just use vim bro.

[@AWriterWandering]

PyCharm is definitely the superior python development platform. VSCode is a jack-of-all trades. It’s better for mixed code environments.

[@rishiraj2548]

Thanks

[@Og74223]

Do you use mac or Microsoft ? And why Mac is often considered better for coding ?

[@Indently]

I use Mac, because I'm less technical and didn't want to spend time looking into a good computer. But it works ok! I don't know who considers it better for coding, it's easier to use for us Apple people 😅

[@satysin630]

What, if anything, do you use for managing your python installs? I need to learn Python so I had a search to see what is the best thing to do and it is crazy how many options there are with pyenv, conda, virtualenv, etc. I don't even know where to start so I just ignored it all and installed it with the official Python pkg install for Mac on the Python website. What do you do?

[@K0D0R0]

Have the version(s) you need installed on your system. I personally like it simple, so I use official installers. But I heard anaconda is also good, as it includes many packages for data analytics. For every python project you create, whether in VScode or Pycharm, create a virtual environment in the same folder. I personally use python’s built-in venv. In those editors, when you create a virtual environment, you’ll have an option to select the python interpreter to use (version). P.S. I’m pretty sure pyenv is deprecated since around 3.5.

[@AddictedToCode387]

Can you become developer at 38 ? I love it

[@LuvxJacqu4li8e]

No go ligature

[@KeiraraVT]

for a second i thought u were gonna show a general setup for monitoring connections to api's like a discord bot

[@SkyFly19853]

But what about Sublime ?

[@Indently]

I know absolutely 0 about sublime

[@matthewreams4345]

What if you mistake that for an equal sign? "You will get an error immediately" 😂😂

[@dantemendez3743]

That's just completely untrue in many cases. This is a completely valid line of code, but will not change the value of a to 10. a == 10

[@Indently]

It's only valid if "a" is defined though, otherwise it will throw an error.

[@Indently]

And even if "a" is defined, you still get syntax highlighting that "this statement has no effect"

[@dantemendez3743]

@@Indently This minimal example will give no syntax highlighting and no errors. Despite that, c and d have different values (10 vs False) a = 10 b = 4 c = b = a d = b == a

[@Indently]

I use type hinting, so I will get syntax highlighting

[@memo_force]

TY

[@MyCodingDiary]

Your explanations are so concise and easy to follow😀. Thank you for making this video!

[@deepaksoni77460]

Love your content ❤

[@Indently]

Thank you :)

[@MrAndromedean]

good stuff. thanks

[@ricgondo]

Just Thanks!!!!!

[@AWriterWandering]

the double equals sign is more of a problem for C/C++ programmers. Because C won’t throw an error.

[@Indently]

Please share an example, I'm curious!

[@AWriterWandering]

@@Indently if(x=2) {} and if (x==2) {} are both technically valid syntax in C. This has led some developers to adopt “Yoda Conditions”, whereby the constant is put before the variable (2 == x) to ensure that the compiler throws an error if they forget an equal sign.

[@Indently]

That's pretty interesting! I will keep that in mind if I ever code in C or C++ again 😎