When comparing Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition vs CodeMix, the Slant community recommends Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition for most people. In the question“What are the best Python IDEs or editors?” Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition is ranked 30th while CodeMix is ranked 31st.
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Pros
Pro Newest Python tools for Eclipse
Innovative approach to incorporate VS Code Python dev tools within Eclipse. Includes great HTML tools for web frontend development. The best of both worlds: syntax coloring, great intellisense, validation, debug in the best Eclipse debugger, code navigation...
Pro Intellisense
Best code assist and validation available.
Pro Great debugging
Fully integrated debugging in Eclipse for python (and everything else Eclipse does so well).
Cons
Con Proprietary
Con Compiles front and backend code together and badly
Con Works as a plugin to Eclipse
So, if you're not an Eclipse user already and just want a simple editor there are other options.