PyCharm is good and anal too, will keep you straight, but you might miss out on some of the more essential stuff.
If you want something lightweight use Sublime Text, Notepad++, or something.
Get used to using a CLI to run and debug your code.
Quote (eric838 @ Apr 16 2014 07:22pm)
got an error message while trying to use python @ cmd
Assuming this is the problem, fix your %PATH% environment variable, add C:\Python27 separated by a “;”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable)How it should work after typing
python.
Code
PS C:\Users\%username%> python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
Also, typing
start python in command could also be another way to start a Python interpreter but this is directly from
C:\Python27\python.exe.
If you type
echo %PATH% in command and
C:\Python27 is not listed, then you're going to have problems forever until you fix it, so may as well be the first thing you check.