Serdar Yegulalp
Senior Writer

And the #1 Python IDE is . . .

PyCharm, VS Code, and five other popular Python IDEs duke it out. Which one do you think takes home the prize?

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This half-month in Python and elsewhere: Take a peek at seven libraries for parallel processing in Python, tour Python’s most popular ORM libraries, and check out our Flask 3.0 tutorial. Also, place your bets for which contender remains standing when PyCharm, VS Code, and five other popular Python IDEs duke it out.

Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld

The best Python libraries for parallel processing
Here are 7 frameworks you can use to spread an existing Python application and its workload across multiple cores, multiple machines, or bothβ€”and do it at scale!

Get started with Flask 3.0
Want to get started with the popular, powerful, and straightforward Flask 3.0 framework for Python? Take your first steps with this guide.

The best ORMs for data-powered Python apps
Never write raw SQL queries again! These 6 ORMs let you manage and query database objects like any other Python object.

Review: 7 Python IDEs compared
We put VS Code, PyCharm, Spyder, and four other popular Python IDEs in the ring. Which one do you think came out on top?

More good reads and Python updates elsewhere

Pyloid: A web-based GUI framework for Python
Want to create apps in the Electron or Tauri way, but with Python as your back end? Pyloid is your friend.

PEP 750β€”Template Strings
Check out the new Python draft proposal for a string templating system even more powerful than f-strings. Is it a valuable addition, or ultimately redundant?

Is async Django ready for prime time?
One company’s experience deploying Django in production with asynchronous code. What flaming hoops did they jump and was it worth it?

The Mill build tool needs Python supportβ€”and there’s a reward!
Up to $4,000 (US) awaits those who create Python support for this build-tool project, which already services Java, Scala, and Kotlin.

Serdar Yegulalp

Serdar Yegulalp is a senior writer at InfoWorld. A veteran technology journalist, Serdar has been writing about computers, operating systems, databases, programming, and other information technology topics for 30 years. Before joining InfoWorld in 2013, Serdar wrote for Windows Magazine, InformationWeek, Byte, and a slew of other publications. At InfoWorld, Serdar has covered software development, devops, containerization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, winning several B2B journalism awards including a 2024 Neal Award and a 2025 Azbee Award for best instructional content and best how-to article, respectively. He currently focuses on software development tools and technologies and major programming languages including Python, Rust, Go, Zig, and Wasm. Tune into his weekly Dev with Serdar videos for programming tips and techniques and close looks at programming libraries and tools.

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