[heyitsnick]

I've tried a lot of IDE's for python development in the past and always went back to a basic text editor; the extra features never outweighed the bloat.

But then i found PyCharm and never looked back. I feel i develop at least 50% faster with any serious project; i still use Sublime for the one-off scripts, but everything else i find the introspection, code completion and refactoring just so good its now hard to go without.

Props to Jetbrains, and I look forward to v3 pro! (my 2.7 isn't yet telling me i have an upgrade... i'm hoping this is coming soon!)

[taude]

Same boat here. I got PyCharm when it was on sale last year. Never looked back. I enjoyed setting up my viertualenvs, having multiple projects open, source code navigation. And then to top it off, all the Javascript/Html/css editing stuff as well. All in an easy to setup package. Rich set of plug-ins, too.

Note: I still use my other text editors for one-off file editing and such, but PyCharm is my control center for the projects...

[bsaul]

See my question above. You don't need your 2.7 to tell you anything. If you've got a license you can simply install the 3, import the settings and use the same license.

[heyitsnick]

If memory serves, this will install it side-by-side with existing install, whereas doing it in-app upgrades (windows). Could be wrong though.

[scardine]

Just use the "help"->"check for update".