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Add to SafariWhen comparing PyCharm Community Edition vs WinPython, the Slant community recommends PyCharm Community Edition for most people. In the question“What are the best packages to setup a productive Python environment under Windows?” PyCharm Community Edition is ranked 1st while WinPython is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose PyCharm Community Edition is:
PyCharm has CVS, Git, Subversion and Mercurial integration.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Version control integration
PyCharm has CVS, Git, Subversion and Mercurial integration.
Pro Sophisticated autocompletion
PyCharm includes sophisticated heuristics for determining what each variable type is and providing autocompletion suggestions for them.
Pro Excellent refactoring support
There are many refactoring options including renaming and changing signature across entire projects. It also includes the an ability to preview changes before committing and exclude anything unwanted.
Pro Excellent debugger
PyCharm can leverage run-time information when running your application with the built-in debugger to figure out what types can possibly be passed to which functions, etc.
Pro Framework support
PyCharm supports cefpython and electron.js (with c bindings).
Pro Pro features Free for students
JetBrains offers a Student Pack, which gives you a student license and access to the pro features of selected products such as PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA and Php Storm.
Pro Portable (but can be registered)
Can be installed without any integration into Windows. This makes it possible to have many different installations in parallel (Python 2 and 3, 32-bit and 64-bit). If needed, there is a Control Panel that let's you register a specific installation to Windows.
Pro Free and open-source
It's released with the MIT license. Sources are available on GitHub, distributions on SourceForge.
Pro Many integrated packages
Just to name a few: NumPy, SciPy, Sympy, Matplotlib, Pandas, pyqtgraph, cython, Jupyter
Pro Package Manager
The WinPython Package Manager provides a useful GUI to install or update packages. Naturally you can also simply use pip.
Cons
Con Memory-hungry
Can use a lot of memory (several GBs), especially when dealing with large projects.
Con Can sometimes become very slow, freeze, and become unresponsive
It becomes extremely frustrating when you have to wait for the text you've typed to appear in your editor. Furthermore, during these freezes the editor does not always queue what your're typing, so you might have to wait > 15 seconds before you can continue your editing. This quickly affects the concentration of a developer, causing flow interruption and general performance degradation.
Con Feature incomplete
Some features are locked behind a paywall. Although if you are a student, you can apply for the Student Pack.
