Thonny – Python IDE for new to programming

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  • thonny

    Python IDE for beginners

    When I saw that it has an AST-sensitive debugger, I was really impressed! And the code for it is quite something to behold - aside from the fact it could be broken into a couple files and have a few more comments, it's the type of thing that truly shows off how this is a well-designed codebase with a nearly self-documenting extension API!

    https://github.com/thonny/thonny/blob/bd9614be483e80c28b0166...

  • hedy

    Hedy is a gradual programming language to teach children programming. Gradual languages use different language levels, where each level adds new concepts and syntactic complexity. At the end of the Hedy level sequence, kids master a subset of syntactically valid Python.

    May I also suggest Hedy. Starts of as a different language but through exercises you end up programming Python!

    Completely in the browser.

    https://www.hedy.org/

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • mu

    A small, simple editor for beginner Python programmers. Written in Python and Qt5. (by mu-editor)

    Great for my kids.

    Another option would be Mu: https://codewith.mu/

  • thonny-onedark

    One Dark theme for Thonny IDE

  • MicroPython

    MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems

    In case you're not aware, there's some promising work on DMA for the rp2 in PR 7641:

    https://github.com/micropython/micropython/pull/7641

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