Where do I type my code on pycharm .the console,terminal.i suppose it's the terminal but then what's the console for.

Question

Downloaded pycharm recently coz the else: function won't work on idle. Problem is it has an incredibly complex interface. I hope to understand how the different parts work.i would be grateful if perhaps a small book was out there to explain.or better still apart from idle which is the next most simple IDE for python programming

Answer 1

I think it will be help you.

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/using-consoles.html#actions
Happy Coding </> ☺

Answer 2

create new file and save it as blabla.py. use terminal to run the code inside of that blabla.py file.
Text editors IDE helps to focus on coding and logic rather than keep an eye not to make typo

Answer 3

https://youtu.be/56bPIGf4us0