Seeking a Lightweight IDE for Python Programming

Question

Hi everyone,

Hi everyone,
I have a computer with low configuration, with only 4GB of memory. I currently use Replit as an online IDE for programming. However, I also use PyCharm as a local IDE to write my Python programs. Unfortunately, PyCharm is quite resource-intensive and consumes a significant amount of memory on my system.

I'm searching for a lightweight IDE that I can use to program Python on my computer. programs. Unfortunately, PyCharm is quite resource-intensive and consumes a significant amount of memory on my system.

I'm searching for a lightweight IDE that I can use to program Python on my computer.

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Have you searched the forum? There are lots of discussions about different ones to choose from, so you can definitely try a few out.

https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/348023/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/1715310/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/2510255/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/2683905/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/464331/?ref=app
https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/3004594/?ref=app
https://code.sololearn.com/W0uW3Wks8UBk/?ref=app

Answer 2

I often use Geany on my Linux devices. Geany is Open-Source-Software and so it is also available for Windows. But I don't know whether the current version runs on the "antique" Windows 7.

You could also use Python-IDLE or Notepad++.

Answer 3

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/requirements

Vscode needs 1GB ram.

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/prerequisites.html

Pycharm needs 8GB ram.

The comparison is really simple, no need for opinions.

Answer 4

ayrad izem

I miss an important information in order to being able to give you an answer:
Which operating system do you use on your lame computer?

Answer 5

Wing is a simple editor for python. It has a free version and a pro version. I used it for my Python course for a little, but I decided Visual Studio Code was better.

Answer 6

TacoBlayno thank you, I tried wing , I don't love it , I will try visual studio code

Answer 7

Visual Studio Code takes a lot of memory, so I wouldn’t recomend using that to fix your problem.

Answer 8

Probably, it is meant to be an allpurpose text editor. It works for most languages and has the best highliting. Fortunately, it enables that through packages that are downloaded sepetately, so it might take less than Pycharm if you don’t dowload more thab a Python package.

The packages are made by the users, most of them aren’t by the owner (Microsoft).

Answer 9

Visual Studio Code.
https://code.visualstudio.com/

Answer 10

@Ausgrindtube thank you

Answer 11

@Jan Markus thank you I'm using windows 7

Answer 12

Jan Markus thank you

Answer 13

TacoBlayno thank you for your explanation

Answer 14

Tibor Santa I think code visual studio will be good

Answer 15

TacoBlayno more than Pycharm ??

Answer 16

@Tibor Santa is it not complicate to configure Visual studio code ??