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PyDev vs Visual Studio Code

A side-by-side look at PyDev and Visual Studio Code. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

PyDev

PyDev

Development

PyDev is an integrated development environment for Python that runs inside Eclipse. It provides code completion, syntax highlighting, type hinting, refactoring, debugging, and other features to improve productivity when writing Python code.

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

Development

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft. It supports debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and Git control. VS Code has a large extension ecosystem allowing developers to add new languages, themes, debuggers and tools.

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