topic Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS in Python Questions

Best IDE's for ArcGIS

shildebrand — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:29:03 GMT

Does anyone have any recommendations for best python IDE's that are compatible with ArcGIS? I'm looking for something that has line numbers and good debugging tools. Something better than the default IDLE program that is installed already with ArcGIS. We thought that PyScripter would be a good option, but it appears that it is a malicious program. I appreciate any direction you can provide.

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

JoshuaBixby — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:43:38 GMT

Most IDEs are compatible with ArcGIS, so the question boils down to asking what the best IDE is in general, for which you will get a wide range of responses. Since line numbers and debugging tools are common in IDEs, I don't see any requirements you have that would indicate one IDE is better than others.

Regarding

We thought that PyScripter would be a good option, but it appears that it is a malicious program.

I am not a huge PyScripter fan, but to say an actively maintained open source IDE is "a malicious program" is a bold statement. What information/criteria are you using to come to your determination?

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

JoeBorgione — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:51:35 GMT

Lots of folks use PyCharm. But as I lean towards the lazy side, I always take the path of least resistance so I use Spyder since I can easily add it to a cloned environment. I have found it very intuitive and easy to use. I probably use only a minor amount of Spyder's full functionality.

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

Egge-Jan_Pollé — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:54:42 GMT

Hi Samuel Hildebrand,

I'd recommend Notepad++. I have been using this free source code editor myself for many years now, as it supports several languages.

I started using it to create little MapBasic apps (way back in my MapInfo years) and nowadays I use it for Python, JavaScript, HTML, essentially everything... (Hmm, everything except R. For your R scripts I'd recommend RStudio.)

HTH,

Egge-Jan

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

shildebrand — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:54:45 GMT

Our IT department ran a scan on PyScripter using Virus Total and it McAfee-GW-Edition threw a red flag, so they deemed it as malicious. Are there any third-party ide's out there that might be "safer" to use?

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

JoshuaBixby — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:03:30 GMT

There are numerous reasons antivirus might flag a program, some of them being false positives. That said, picking a fight over PyScripter isn't really necessary since there are so many other Python IDEs available.

If you want a robust, open-source Python IDE, I suggest you look into Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

BlakeTerhune — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:19:06 GMT

Dan Patterson‌ recently created a poll on this topic and there's a lot of great information in the comments.

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

DanPatterson_Retired — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:49:13 GMT

I am a big fan of Spyder . Spyder 4.0 is recently out and I use it for large and small projects. I have used them all, but I have settled in on spyder. Some people who do multilanguage programming go the "visual studio".

Have a look... I am still discovering things

/blogs/dan_patterson/2019/12/12/spyder-4-the-python-ide-for-science

PS, I am using ArcGIS Pro 2.5 which isn't out yet, and there are some installation procedures, so you can just install Spyder 3 (in your clone I presume) or follow these instructions.

NOTE, they will be updates when 2.5 officially releases.

/blogs/dan_patterson/2019/06/28/arcgis-pro-24-installation-package-updates-and-installs

/blogs/dan_patterson/2018/12/28/clone

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

LorneDmitruk2 — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:19:54 GMT

My go to IDE for Python is Pycharm.

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

DevinBartley2 — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:45:22 GMT

I've lately been using Visual Studio Code and found it to be a game changer for ArcPy development. The main reasons I like it (I know other IDE's may have some of these tools):

1. Can execute script line by line by highlighting it and hitting shift+enter. This is huge when you have a large data processing script and it fails a few minutes into processing. You can then just fix the line with the error and re-run until it works. This single feature alone allowed me to finish many python projects that I had never quite finished.

2. Great debugging tools. You can step in and out of loops and functions and also add breaks into the code.

3. Easy to integrate with GitHub and a huge library of extensions.

Re: Best IDE's for ArcGIS

AndreildoBaldo_de_Sousa — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:51:17 GMT

Eu ja Utilizei bastante "PyScripter", estando bem configurado com o ambiente "Python do ArcGisPro ou Clone" ele responde muito bem para criação, execussao de Scripts quebra um galho enorme. No entanto em niveis mais elevados de codificação e execussao para projetos muito grandes que envolvam a criação de Scripts para ferramentas mais complexas e interação com Portal ArcGis ou mesmo trabalhado com Strings de conexoes(conecatdo a banco de dados), pelo menos eu em varias situações vi que ele nem sempre responde 100% para esse nivel de tarefas e voce acaba sempre tendo que configurar algo para poder continuar e ate alguns erros por limitação que sao chatinhas de descobrir (Mas destaco aqui que isso é em Scripts muito longos e mais complexos de desenvolvimento e execussão)..."Mas para quem esta começão de forma mais simples e com Scripts mais curtos eu recomendo D+ (aprendi muito usando ele no inicio)"...
Mas atualmente, de aproxmadamente ums tres anos para ca utilizo o "Spyder", porem aquela versao que faz parte do pacote do proprio ArcGisPro...Acho um IDE realmente Matador, para desenvolvimentos complexos conectado ao Banco de dados ou ao Portal ArcGis, o que mais precisamos quando criamos algum projetos para Arcgis em varios momentos que envolva Servidor, Portal ou mesmo ferramentas mais complexas ele estando bem configurado e com as bibliotecas necessarias para seu projeto, responde que é uma maravilha...Acho ele um pouquinho chato de configurar a instalação e pacotes, mas valemuito o esforço...Me dou muito bem com ele , para desenvolver, depurar e pricipalmento estando bem configurado com o ambiente do ArcgisPro tudo que voce desenvolve e executa nele e o mesmo responde corretamente tenha certeza de que vai funcionar tambem no Python do Arcgis Pro, tanto a nivel de Python ArcPy, Bibliotecas alternativas ou misturadas ou API Python....Recomendo D+...
Na Humildade essa e minha experiencia de alguns anos trabalhando com essa duas IDEs..