I’m sure this question is a great candidate for being closed as not being strictly a programming question but here goes.
I started developing a simple toy website using Django. The IDE I decided to use was JetBrains’s PyCharm. My trial period has no expired. Can you recommend another IDE that’s comparable to PyCharm but doesn’t cost the $99?
Or do you think PyCharm is worth the $99?
I’d like to eventually incorporate myself so i can expense these types of expenditures, but as of right now, I can’t wait until I’m incorporated to start developing .
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Edit: I’m running Fedora 13.
I purchased PyCharm as I do not find Eclipse with PyDev to really deliver what I need.
Of course, your mileage may vary, but I found the ease of which I could use TextMate syntax highlighting schemes with PyCharm a very large plus. I am rather infatuated with Monokai as my default colour scheme and setting it up with PyCharm was so much less painful than having to try and get Eclipse to play nicely.
Also, the download/update is more manageable with PyCharm than it is or ever will be with Eclipse.
The developers at JetBrains are also very responsive with regard to feature requests and bug fixing.
All in all the positive sides of PyCharm were for me the reason to bite the bullet and spend the money. As a disclaimer I have to mention that I had been able to buy it at the 50% price which was available during beta testing.