PyCharm vs Visual Studio Code | What are the differences?

PyCharm

Stacks12.6K

Followers9.3K

+ 1

Votes408

Visual Studio Code

Stacks62K

Followers47.4K

+ 1

Votes1.8K

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Pros of PyCharm

Pros of Visual Studio Code

101
Smart auto-completion
84
Intelligent code analysis
73
Powerful refactoring
56
Virtualenv integration
49
Git integration
18
Support for Django
8
Multi-database integration
7
VIM integration
4
Vagrant integration
2
In-tool Bash and Python shell
2
Docker
2
Plugin architecture
1
Perforce integration
1
Debug mode support docker

298
Powerful multilanguage IDE
262
Fast
168
Front-end develop out of the box
144
Support TypeScript IntelliSense
120
Very basic but free
98
Git integration
83
Intellisense
69
Faster than Atom
39
Better ui, easy plugins, and nice git integration
36
Great Refactoring Tools
34
Superb markdown support
31
Good Plugins
25
Terminal
21
Large & up-to-date extension community
18
Open Source
17
Extensions
16
Portable
15
Awesome UI
15
Powerful and fast
13
Built on Electron
12
Best code editor
11
Open, cross-platform, fast, monthly updates
10
Crossplatform
10
Easy to get started with
9
Extensible
9
All Languages Support
8
Lots of extensions
8
Extensions for everything
8
Best editor
7
Git out of the box
7
Useful for begginer
7
Good for begginers
7
"fast, stable & easy to use"
7
Great community
7
Easy to use and learn
7
Totally customizable
7
Faster edit for slow computer
7
Ui design is great
6
It has terminal and there are lots of shortcuts in it
6
Great language support
6
SSH support
5
She is not Rachel
5
Powerful Debugger
5
Fast Startup
5
Great document formater
4
Extension Echosystem
4
VSCode.pro Course makes it easy to learn
4
Easy azure
4
Can compile and run .py files
4
Python extension is fast
4
Awesome multi cursor support
4
SFTP Workspace
4
Language server client
4
Works With Almost EveryThing You Need
4
Features rich
3
Has better support and more extentions for debugging
3
Has more than enough languages for any developer
3
Excellent as git difftool and mergetool
3
'batteries included'
2
Emmet preinstalled
2
Fast and ruby is built right in
2
Better autocompletes than Atom
2
CMake support with autocomplete
2
More tools to integrate with vs
2
VS Code Server: Browser version of VS Code
1
Virtualenv integration
1
Very proffesional

Cons of PyCharm

Cons of Visual Studio Code

5
Slow startup
3
Not very flexible
2
Resource hog

25
Slow startup
15
Resource hog at times
13
Poor refactoring
7
Poor UI Designer
6
Weak Ui design tools
4
Poor autocomplete
3
Poor in PHP
1
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