IDE Wars: JES vs. IDLE vs. PyCharm

An IDE is an Integrated Development Environment. It is the application used to create applications and code. 

1. Research the differences between JES, IDLE, and PyCharm.
2. Compare/contrast features (a chart might be helpful).
3. What Python IDEs are being used in the industry? 

Answer:

1. Differences between JES, IDLE and PyCharm are as follows:

JES:

• Mainly built for students.
• Used for Media processing.
• Based on Java and Python.

IDLE:

• Default IDE that comes bundled with Python.
• Built using Tkinter, a python GUI library.
• No license fee.

PyCharm:

• Excellent for professional developers.
• Built using Java.
• License needs to be purchased.

2. Refer to the chart provided in Explanation for features of each IDE.

3. Python IDE's Used in the Industry are:

• PyCharm
• Eclipse with PyDev
• Anaconda
• Komodo IDE

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